Anguslives!
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Is the MLS gasket the best option, read a few posts about problems after fitting???
My Dad called over and he thought perhaps an air lock so put more and more water in..... Water eventually came up dip stick......
Uncle called over, retired Bus Mech. He took off oil cap and told my Dad to start engine. Milky Oil erupted up. (Not Gooood) engine tried to start but failed.
So next day I stripped it down ...... liners look OK and still move up and down correctly.
Yep and Sorry! I'm a petrol boy, did look at diesels but thought if trouble starts it's normally cheaper to fix a petrol issue..... Could be wrong about that now haha.
It's my first Freelander but second K engine,
Sudden loss of water could be gasket/head/hose/therm.......... but until the heads back who knows.....
then car started to run different whilst parked up, noticed white smoke from exhaust and turned it off. Popped bonnet and noticed water was gone? Let it cool down a bit and put water back in, started it up and it ran smooth for 20 secs, then started to judder again engine management light came on and turned off the engine.
So next day I stripped it down and inspected head cant see a crack, but going to have it tested, Gasket looks fine,
Haha when you put it like that!!!
Well the update, the head isn't cracked but has warped slightly it passed the tests and has been skimmed and will be collected tonight.
Most likely down to gasket fail (single unit sort)
Changing all the filters and belts since it's all off
Also I'm going to pick up as advised on Landyzone a PRRT thermostat, my question is do this need alternative pipe size?
3) All the belts? Timing belts as well?Gasket looks fine, and from what I can tell liners look OK and still move up and down correctly.
yet the majority of the advice is not to bother - it isnt worth it - and yet you ignore that advice and consider that anyone who doesnt agree with you is being obstructive and unhelpful.I put things out for feedback (real feedback) not crap. I'm new to LR and who better to ask than people who drive these beasts day in day out.
If you have moved the crankshaft, it is an almost certainty that, if not damaged previously, the liner seals are now damaged. You also seem to be ignoring the fact that this is no easy job. It is not the sort of thing that an inexperienced person would be advised to attempt, particularly one that is unsure of the difference between liners and piston heads (????). As I said previously good luck, because you are, i believe, biting off more than you can chew. Especially if you get advice from close family who, if you are to believed, have, by their advice, changed a prospective single liner problem to a complete engine strip and rebuild.Just for the record and to call in my own stupidity I said Liners when it should have been piston heads.
but the liners were checked before and after cranking nothing found.
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