DomEllis
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Hello there.
I purchased a '95 Discovery before Christmas and had been really happy with it. It copes beautifully with the slippery drive to the cider orchard and makes it up the grassy hill, even with the road tyres.
Whilst driving up to London the weekend before Christmas I noticed it suddenly got chilly in the cab. When I checked the temperature gauge it had gone off the scale. Luckily I was right next to a petrol station so filled it up with water and carried on my way, carefully checking the temp gauge all the way. No problem.
Drove around London the next day, in traffic, no problem. Headed down to Brighton and got stuck in a 40 minute hold up on the motorway. As I pulled away after passing the accident (NASTY) the heater stopped working and the temperature gauge went quickly up to the red. Stopped, filled up with water and was fine... ...until the next time.
I had the expansion tank sniffed today and there are no exhaust fumes present. Changed the cap and went for a drive. The heater went cold and the temperature gauge went up. I slowed right up and the temp gauge went down again. On the way home the gauge was going up and down and it didn't seem to be losing much water, just what came out with the pressure. One time, as it went up and I was looking for somewhere to pull over it just went down again...
1. No milky-milky in the oil
2. Heater stops working, then temperature goes up
3. Seems to happen particularly under load
4. No excessive bubbling through the header tank
5. No exhaust fumes in the header tank
I'm putting in a new thermostat tomorrow and will flush through the radiator whilst I'm at it.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Dominic
I purchased a '95 Discovery before Christmas and had been really happy with it. It copes beautifully with the slippery drive to the cider orchard and makes it up the grassy hill, even with the road tyres.
Whilst driving up to London the weekend before Christmas I noticed it suddenly got chilly in the cab. When I checked the temperature gauge it had gone off the scale. Luckily I was right next to a petrol station so filled it up with water and carried on my way, carefully checking the temp gauge all the way. No problem.
Drove around London the next day, in traffic, no problem. Headed down to Brighton and got stuck in a 40 minute hold up on the motorway. As I pulled away after passing the accident (NASTY) the heater stopped working and the temperature gauge went quickly up to the red. Stopped, filled up with water and was fine... ...until the next time.
I had the expansion tank sniffed today and there are no exhaust fumes present. Changed the cap and went for a drive. The heater went cold and the temperature gauge went up. I slowed right up and the temp gauge went down again. On the way home the gauge was going up and down and it didn't seem to be losing much water, just what came out with the pressure. One time, as it went up and I was looking for somewhere to pull over it just went down again...
1. No milky-milky in the oil
2. Heater stops working, then temperature goes up
3. Seems to happen particularly under load
4. No excessive bubbling through the header tank
5. No exhaust fumes in the header tank
I'm putting in a new thermostat tomorrow and will flush through the radiator whilst I'm at it.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Dominic