On overheating....

Blow me down if the same thing hasn't just happened to me!
Picked up the "new" P reg Tdis Disco ES on Thursday, it has a full service
history from new, and set off for me Mum's in Kent today. Just on the A 11
when I noticed the temp gauge on red, pulled over immediately and suffered
clouds of steam from under the bonnet.

On inspection it's the little rubber plug on top of a small silver box on
the engine. Split.

Green Flagged home, just arrived. Question is, how does the old plug come
out?
It's pretty shagged and I've tried tapping it out with a screwdriver and
hammer but it won't turn and I'm starting to b****r it up. Should it unscrew
or is it best just to chip away at it and possibly lose bits into the
cooling system?

Thanks for any advice

TonyB

( Thank God I kept the 200Tdi!)

Best you prepare for a massuve rebuild bill. Its has been my
experience that a temp gauge anywhere near the red means pistons
melted into block, cracked head etc.

I am assuming that it is a Tdi of course. Not too sure how the V8's
handle a bit of extra heat, but I am told that the new ones are
nowhere hear as tollerant as the old 3500.

Is it too late to return it from whence it came?

regards
Stephen

Hiya Tony,

Land Rover delaer just chipped away at it with a scredriver. One small bit
went into the cooling system but he flushed it out and reckoned it would be
fine.

The 300TDI is not too bad on being overheated, now the TD5 is not at all. It
has the plastic plug on the engine and that isn't good.

Andy



"TonyB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Blow me down if the same thing hasn't just happened to me!
> Picked up the "new" P reg Tdis Disco ES on Thursday, it has a full service
> history from new, and set off for me Mum's in Kent today. Just on the A 11
> when I noticed the temp gauge on red, pulled over immediately and suffered
> clouds of steam from under the bonnet.
>
> On inspection it's the little rubber plug on top of a small silver box on
> the engine. Split.
>
> Green Flagged home, just arrived. Question is, how does the old plug come
> out?
> It's pretty shagged and I've tried tapping it out with a screwdriver and
> hammer but it won't turn and I'm starting to b****r it up. Should it
> unscrew
> or is it best just to chip away at it and possibly lose bits into the
> cooling system?
>
> Thanks for any advice
>
> TonyB
>
> ( Thank God I kept the 200Tdi!)
>
>
>

The small silver box is the thermostat housing. You can take the thermostat
out and stuff a rag in to catch any bits that might fall in. Just be careful
not to damage the thread, or you won't be able to put a new plug in.

Pieter

"TonyB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Blow me down if the same thing hasn't just happened to me!
> Picked up the "new" P reg Tdis Disco ES on Thursday, it has a full service
> history from new, and set off for me Mum's in Kent today. Just on the A 11
> when I noticed the temp gauge on red, pulled over immediately and suffered
> clouds of steam from under the bonnet.
>
> On inspection it's the little rubber plug on top of a small silver box on
> the engine. Split.
>
> Green Flagged home, just arrived. Question is, how does the old plug come
> out?
> It's pretty shagged and I've tried tapping it out with a screwdriver and
> hammer but it won't turn and I'm starting to b****r it up. Should it
> unscrew
> or is it best just to chip away at it and possibly lose bits into the
> cooling system?
>
> Thanks for any advice
>
> TonyB
>
> ( Thank God I kept the 200Tdi!)
>
>
>

"Pieter Vroom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The small silver box is the thermostat housing. You can take the
thermostat
> out and stuff a rag in to catch any bits that might fall in. Just be
careful
> not to damage the thread, or you won't be able to put a new plug in.

Thanks all, wish I'd read the replies before attempting to take out the
remains.
Because I dropped some bits into the housing I had to take it off. Should've
done that first.

No matter, it's all done now and the most expensive bit was the coolant of
course.
Thanks again
TonyB