Freelander 1 Collapsed Piping

Doh!! ....and Double Doh!!

Just been thinking through my last look under the bonnet and I have just remembered remembered glaring omission from my initial 'gushing' report/update o Freelander stewardship! Now, forgive me for the vagueness of this thread but when I was having a 'gander'( an initial gander at that!) aft arriving at my base I remember now(5 days after the fact) that there were two rub hoses to to bulkhead aid of the engine, one of which was flattened a though suction was bei applied. Think they were heater hoses(sorry, before I had any manuals). I have an issue with my temp gauge and wonder wonder this may be contributing to it? Probably Not guess a it isn't normal. Seems like an air lock present. Can't remember which side they we on but maybe they are the ones that connect to the heater matrix. Don't think they were air conditioning hoses? Anyway, something else to investigate/correct...Onwards and, Errrrrr, Upwards..hopefully!!

If the pipe that you are describing as flat is behind the driver's side rear corner of the engine bay. Then it's a power steering return pipe and flat is normal. They are supplied new in that flat condition. I think it's to help reduce pulses in the steering system.

Nodge68 said:

If the pipe that you are describing as flat is behind the driver's side rear corner of the engine bay. Then it's a power steering return pipe and flat is normal. They are supplied new in that flat condition. I think it's to help reduce pulses in the steering system.

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Wow that's weird, saves me faffing around a bit anyway. Not like LR to make something that looks broken or 'US' as my mates would say?

Then again.......