Freelander 1.8 overheating

Hi All

Not sure if I'm doing this right or not but Hello, I'm a new freelander owner for my sins ( and the way it's going there must have been alot of them lol)

I have a 1.8 2002 Freelander which is causing me a few problems. He keeps overheating, at first I thought it was the cap on the expansion bottle which I replaced along with the bottle, it still overheated then I bought a new thermostat and fitted, still overheating. My temp gauge reads normal, until it blows its top and then go's straight up to the red and from what I can tell my fans don't kick in at all. I've tested the fans and they both work with a direct power source, so the last 2 things I can think is the temperature gauge sensor or the relay. The car runs fine as long as you are moving once I get stuck in any traffic he starts to boil, thought at first he just didn't like standing still but I'd like to sort him before I start getting head gasket problems.

Thanks for any help


Lee

Hi. Nope you aren't doing it right

Introductions go in this bit, and problems go in the freelander section, you are more likely to get your question answered then.

Hi

Thanks for letting me know, I'll re-post it the correct page

Cheers

Lee

Welcome to the forum.