prob on 200tdi help dont want to lose my disco

hi all new to land rovers previously had a hilux, love my 200tdi disco, went on my first off roading expedition yday to sarn helen, on way home towed a series 2 out of petrol , all of a sudden engine is steaming with smoke, blew a massive chunk of smoke out of exhaust. opened up engine and when you turn engine on lost cap to coolant and water is spraying out.
is it the head gasket blown, have only had car two weeks and i have spent 2 grand on it so far, anytips i need to fix it cause i dont want to end u having to buy an sj or frontera that are rubbish, i want to repair this but dont know where to start, any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks

Alright Nobby!

Are you over in studley??

yea studley, warks

nobby85 said:

opened up engine and when you turn engine on lost cap to coolant and water is spraying out.

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does "open up engine" mean lifted the bonnet ?

you dont want to be trying to run it in that state, good time to learn how to take your head off and check the state of the gasket

dont do anything untill your sure you've got the right tools, parts and the time to do it

or get that nice bloke orf ebay to do it cos he's down your way somewhere

what bloke on ebay???
taa

yea lifted up bonnet,my bad. i took head off i think but not sure what gasket looks like my bookaint very good.

THAT bloke on ebay, the roving landy man

nobby85 said:

yea lifted up bonnet,my bad. i took head off i think but not sure what gasket looks like my bookaint very good.

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i can understand the words i can't quite understand the order that you are using them in

you saying you have allready taken off the head ?

can you post a picture of what your engine bay looks like now ?

yea just took photo. how do i upload it please

nobby85 said:

yea lifted up bonnet,my bad. i took head off i think but not sure what gasket looks like my bookaint very good.

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hrrm not so sure you should be taking the head off if you dont know what the gasket looks like!!

The gasket is the flat seal which is placed between then head and the block. If you have taked the head off you should see it still stuck to the head or block. If it has blown then you will see where it has broken allowing compression from the cylinder to blow out to the other holes in the block.


Not the most technical of explainations but I hope it helps!

nobby85 said:

yea just took photo. how do i upload it please

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when you post there should be a button which says manage attachments. If you cant see this then click "advanced"

the wasa seal inbetween but it was not cracked or anything

photo?

just tried to upload photo came up with error message, have tried email link see if it works cheers

http://by102w.bay102.mail.live.com/mail/EditMessageLight.aspx?_ec=1&n=679080820

puy yer piccies on photofuket and download from there , it duz it for ya .... bloddy good it is ...

sorted, here is the photo slightly smaller

that's just the rocker cover you have had off

read this and it'll say how to remove the head (it's for a 300 but it's basically the same)

300TDI cylinder head removal - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

you'll have to join the forum before you see the pictures

but you might want to get someone in to help cos if you carry on taking bits off without knowing what they are you'll just end up driving a Saxo

Sean said:

that's just the rocker cover you have had off

read this and it'll say how to remove the head (it's for a 300 but it's basically the same)

300TDI cylinder head removal - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

you'll have to join the forum before you see the pictures

but you might want to get someone in to help cos if you carry on taking bits off without knowing what they are you'll just end up driving a Saxo

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Am I right in saying he is gunna need a touque socket to put the head back on??

whats a touque socket ?

Sean said:

whats a touque socket ?

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Do you think he means a torque wrench and socket set