Hi,
I own a 2001 Land Rover Freelander 1.8.
It's been an absolute dream until recently when it kept losing coolant. Sometimes it was fine, then other times I would have to completely fill it up. I took it to my local mechanic (trusted for many years) who discovered the header tank was cracked - this replaced I drove away...
2 days later I was back down there as it was bubbling like a boiling kettle from the header tank although the temp gauge showed no signs of overheating. This appeared to be an airlock - this sorted I drove away only for the same thing to happen again. This time they checked the radiator, water pump and some valve coming from the bottom of the radiator, but with no success.
I have owned this vehicle for 2 years now and have receipts to show the head gasket was 'done' 2 1/2 years ago. My mechanic has block tested 2 or 3 times, but no faults are showing up... he is now stumped, but reluctant to do the head gasket based on this being done so recently (I have only driven 15,000 miles since buying the car)
Anyone who has experienced similar problems... HELP!!! I have been without my vehicle for 2 weeks now and am going stir crazy!!!
Thanks in advance
Sam
I own a 2001 Land Rover Freelander 1.8.
It's been an absolute dream until recently when it kept losing coolant. Sometimes it was fine, then other times I would have to completely fill it up. I took it to my local mechanic (trusted for many years) who discovered the header tank was cracked - this replaced I drove away...
2 days later I was back down there as it was bubbling like a boiling kettle from the header tank although the temp gauge showed no signs of overheating. This appeared to be an airlock - this sorted I drove away only for the same thing to happen again. This time they checked the radiator, water pump and some valve coming from the bottom of the radiator, but with no success.
I have owned this vehicle for 2 years now and have receipts to show the head gasket was 'done' 2 1/2 years ago. My mechanic has block tested 2 or 3 times, but no faults are showing up... he is now stumped, but reluctant to do the head gasket based on this being done so recently (I have only driven 15,000 miles since buying the car)
Anyone who has experienced similar problems... HELP!!! I have been without my vehicle for 2 weeks now and am going stir crazy!!!
Thanks in advance
Sam