Becca1605
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I'm hoping someone can help me, I bought a 1.8 Freelander a couple of weeks ago as a car I could fix up and keep so I knew what I was buying.
The seller stated it was overheating, and said it was most likely the head gasket. My other freelander had the head gasket go too so I knew how to sort it.
I drove the car home, and it was fine. It gets hot if you drive over 45mph so driving round country lanes was no problem.
This is what it's doing....
If I fill the header tank up to the maximum, and drive it, the temperature gauge will stay normal until I drive too far at a speed over 45mph. But even with the temperature gauge at level, if I lift the bonnet the header tank has the water to the top and it's bubbling and spitting out. So with leaving the engine running I can open the bleed screw and the water level will go back down to normal, doing it back up the water will go back up to the top and bubble again. But no water will come out of the hose with the bleed screw undone.
My heating never gets warm, the header tank doesn't smell and the oil is clean.
Turning the engine off, the water level will drop back down and then it will completely drain away, but I can't tell where this water is going?
Before buying it the previous owner had already changed these:
Water pump
Thermostat
Header tank
Could this still be the head gasket or is it something else?
The seller stated it was overheating, and said it was most likely the head gasket. My other freelander had the head gasket go too so I knew how to sort it.
I drove the car home, and it was fine. It gets hot if you drive over 45mph so driving round country lanes was no problem.
This is what it's doing....
If I fill the header tank up to the maximum, and drive it, the temperature gauge will stay normal until I drive too far at a speed over 45mph. But even with the temperature gauge at level, if I lift the bonnet the header tank has the water to the top and it's bubbling and spitting out. So with leaving the engine running I can open the bleed screw and the water level will go back down to normal, doing it back up the water will go back up to the top and bubble again. But no water will come out of the hose with the bleed screw undone.
My heating never gets warm, the header tank doesn't smell and the oil is clean.
Turning the engine off, the water level will drop back down and then it will completely drain away, but I can't tell where this water is going?
Before buying it the previous owner had already changed these:
Water pump
Thermostat
Header tank
Could this still be the head gasket or is it something else?