Coolant usage

Over the last couple of months I've been neading to top up my coolant level on my 1.8 freelander 1, more or less every week its not leaking anywere that i can see the temp gauge never goes past half way its got a landrover exchange engine in it at 30000 miles just wondering if this is normal ??

not really normal get a sniff test done this will tell you if your head gasket is going if it is not that check around the top of your header tank and if there is any splits in it that needs replacing

Thanks for the reply teddywood1
There is no creamy stuff in the header tank or the oil cap but tomorrow I'm going to leave it running and see if I can spot any leaks from the header tank when it's warm also see if the fan comes on

How's the header tank? They crack arround the pressure cap.

The other common place the 1.8 looses coolant is from the inlet manifold gasket.

Nodge68 said:

How's the header tank? They crack arround the pressure cap.

The other common place the 1.8 looses coolant is from the inlet manifold gasket.

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I'm going to clean around the area tomorrow it does look like it's been leaking around that area but there isn't nothing on the drive way
But the chassis rail below the header tank looks a bit like something has been leaking down on to it

Double check all hoses especially at the connections I had a similar issue and it was a heater pipe. Also check around the water pump.

Alibro said:

Double check all hoses especially at the connections I had a similar issue and it was a heater pipe. Also check around the water pump.

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It's the dreaded header tank but thanks for the reply

Well fitted new header tank today it seems fine no leaks ect under pressure
Thanks lads for all the info and help