Freelander 1.8 overheating

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Leebe

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• Nov 4, 2014

• #1

Hi All

Not sure if I'm doing this right or not but Hello, I'm a new freelander owner for my sins

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,

Thanks for any help


Lee

 

blue beasty

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• Nov 4, 2014

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Moved to avoid some of the 'burn it' comment you'll inevitably get.

Btw. ..












Have you considered burning it?

 

Diesel Do

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• Nov 4, 2014

• #3

Hmmmm! 1.8 temp gauge normal chucks water out! Hmmmm! There's an outside chance it's your head gasket!! Try doing a search on it

 

Diesel Do

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• Nov 4, 2014

• #4

Then burn it

 

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Brack

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• Nov 4, 2014

• #5

Air in the cooling system? has it been bled properly?

 

Hub

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• Nov 4, 2014

• #6

Are you losing coolant, is the fluid in the expansion tank contaminated? What can you smell when it's overheating?

 

GrumpyGel

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• Nov 5, 2014

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You say you've only just got it - when and where did you get it from?

Were you told about overheating problems when you bought it?

 

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Leebe

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• Nov 6, 2014

• #8

Hi

Yes all bled OK and will run on tick over sitting on my drive for a couple of hours, I know this was a bit extreme but I wanted to check that the fans kicked in at some point, but they didn't he just blew, tried to check it with the A/C on full but the fans still didn't work, tried unplugging the sensor still no joy. but I did disconnect to power to the fans and put a direct feed to to them and they worked fine so I know they work, just not sure if changing the temp sensor or relay would solve this problem

Cheers

Lee

 

vilguy

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• Nov 6, 2014

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Feel the rad, is it hot all over?

If not it could be either thermostat or waterpump - both are pretty easy to sort.

of course we can all diagnose over the web but just my two penneth. I have generally found the head gasket issue to be over egged and I have never had one go in the 5 1.8's I have owned over the years.