MudRat
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Oh dear,
my dear Boris is feeling very sorry for himself. On route home, I had every light come on my dash and then smoke poured out from under the bonnet... Think white smoke..
Then I looked underneath the bonnet and there was clear oil everywhere. I thought my ACE had exploded as my HDC and anti roll lights all came on.. I limped home the last few hundred meters.. Trying to locate the issue.. The ACE was fine, no leaks. But low and behold, the coolant expansion tank was empty!!!!! I opened up the top and I could smell the same burning oil smell. Dipping my finger in, became apparent that the expansion tank had oil in it. Not engine oil, no grey matter, but thin clear oil, like castor oil. It is like, someone has put oil in it for some freaking stupid reason!!!!!!! There is no contamination in the engine and the normal engine oil is nice and black as norm.. but what the hell???? It like exploded all over my engine. Most of the lights have now gone out on my dash, but I still cant figure out where is leaked and what the hell this oil was doing in the coolant system!?? IT has the clarity and consistancy of baby oil....
Any ideas??
I bought it recently from a LR dealer after the woman part exchanged it.. Not suprisingly.. 100k 2000 reg and I have spent 2k in 1 month repairing the steering box, shocks, ride height sensors, ABS sensors, HUB, and tyres and not to forget, the sunroof seal...
Grrr!!!! I just wish BORIS would go for a month without anything else dying! But seriously though, any idea's on the oil would be grateful!
A frustrated M.R:frusty:
my dear Boris is feeling very sorry for himself. On route home, I had every light come on my dash and then smoke poured out from under the bonnet... Think white smoke..
Then I looked underneath the bonnet and there was clear oil everywhere. I thought my ACE had exploded as my HDC and anti roll lights all came on.. I limped home the last few hundred meters.. Trying to locate the issue.. The ACE was fine, no leaks. But low and behold, the coolant expansion tank was empty!!!!! I opened up the top and I could smell the same burning oil smell. Dipping my finger in, became apparent that the expansion tank had oil in it. Not engine oil, no grey matter, but thin clear oil, like castor oil. It is like, someone has put oil in it for some freaking stupid reason!!!!!!! There is no contamination in the engine and the normal engine oil is nice and black as norm.. but what the hell???? It like exploded all over my engine. Most of the lights have now gone out on my dash, but I still cant figure out where is leaked and what the hell this oil was doing in the coolant system!?? IT has the clarity and consistancy of baby oil....
Any ideas??
I bought it recently from a LR dealer after the woman part exchanged it.. Not suprisingly.. 100k 2000 reg and I have spent 2k in 1 month repairing the steering box, shocks, ride height sensors, ABS sensors, HUB, and tyres and not to forget, the sunroof seal...
Grrr!!!! I just wish BORIS would go for a month without anything else dying! But seriously though, any idea's on the oil would be grateful!
A frustrated M.R:frusty: