HELP PLEASE MY DISCO NEEDS YOU

Hi all,

Well for the last couple of days my Disco has been running a bit hot, it has
not overheated. (It is a 200tdi, 7 seater) anyway tonight I noticed was a
bit of blue smoke that improved if I left it idling for a couple of mins and
allowed it to cool. Anyway went to the header tank and it was stone cold,
even though temp was showing as very hot. The heater was blasting out very
hot air.

So I am thinking Thermostat - this has only been for the last 120 miles
maximum. Anything else I should look for and do you think it has done any
other damage?

Any help please

Andrew

In article <z%[email protected]>,
"Andrew Renshaw" <andrew.hart.i hate [email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Well for the last couple of days my Disco has been running a bit hot, it has
> not overheated. (It is a 200tdi, 7 seater) anyway tonight I noticed was a
> bit of blue smoke that improved if I left it idling for a couple of mins and
> allowed it to cool. Anyway went to the header tank and it was stone cold,
> even though temp was showing as very hot. The heater was blasting out very
> hot air.
>
> So I am thinking Thermostat - this has only been for the last 120 miles
> maximum. Anything else I should look for and do you think it has done any
> other damage?

The thermostat is probably the first port of call, but while you're at
it, I'd think about draining the coolant, backflushing the radiator, and
flushing water through everything that you'd expect to find water
running through to see if there's a blockage elsewhere?

D

>Subject: Re: HELP PLEASE MY DISCO NEEDS YOU
>From: David French [email protected]
>Date: 13/12/2004 09:20 GMT

>The thermostat is probably the first port of call, but while you're at
>it, I'd think about draining the coolant, backflushing the radiator,<snip>

I'd be thinking along those lines too and also paying particular attention to
avoiding the possiblity of airlocks when refilling.



Steve. Suffolk.
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