After a lot of messing with the cooling system my overheating problem turned out to be the head gasket, so my task is to change it. Looking at RAVE is useful but not always the best way I have found. Could anyone break down the steps I need to remove and refit? Thanks

They put a chemical in the coolant system that changed colour to indicate exhaust gases present I believe.

I know it has been a while but I finally got to the bottom of all my troubles. After changing everthing, even water pump and thermostat I got the head gasket tested and found it woefully failing. So next project is changing the head gasket. Thanks for all your help though.

When I'm taking off the tensioner shock absorber it's been ok, but putting it back on levering it into place caused one of the arms on the fulcrum to snap. I ordered a new one and levering it in position I snapped one of the arms again! Now the tensioner shock looks to be now leaking a bit so...

UPDATE: So I had a friend of mine put a temp gauge on the radiator when I'd got it hot. It was definitely hot at the top but the bottom was indeed too cool. We wondered whether it was a dud radiator so I rang the company I brought it from and he seemed sure that it was just an air lock. I ran...

Ok convincing replies for the fan being the issue. On another note what if the fan oil isn't getting hot enough but the rest of the engine is? Your probably going to say have I checked the top and bottom of the radiator, well yes and both are hot... Sorry just sods law that 2 fans have gone...

So I got the fan from a 4x4 place down the road and removed it from a P38 they were breaking, I'm sure I can tell the guy and we can sort something out but thanks for offer Johnny. Let me just get this straight though, because you guys are saying that as the engine gets hotter the fan will go...

Hi guys, I've just replaced the viscous fan, taken on a test drive got it to temp but still rising. Did the rolled paper test on the fan and the fan just stops. Tell me can't be 2 dud viscous fans in a row? What else is going wrong? I mean the fan doesn't even look like its going round full...

Thanks for replies guys, I'll replaced the fan first and see how things look after that... ond thing after another at the moment...

Hi Wammers, finally got round to testing it again, had vehicle running nicely at 60 and temp was stable mid way, but stopping the needle started to rise. Got back home and on tick over put the rolled paper in and it stopped... so as you say must be fan. I did have to take it off to get radiator...

Thanks for the detailed reply, I think I did squeeze the hoses while filling but haven't checked the baffle thing. If the baffle is missing is that a fault though and I can send it back? Surely they can't work without the baffle... Thanks

So have everything connected as before so assume that includes the baffle, if an air lock how do I find it and remove it? Thanks

Yeah I get flashing from the button and on the dash gears with a cross through it flash then got out, can't remember what it used to do when it worked to be honest...

No neutral message, had that before and realised I had that transfer box fuse in for towing :)

Well I think it is just the big two black connectors that fit together and then attach to a metal clip. I double checked this connector and all looked good. I heard about putting a 12v charge over it to see if it might be a duff motor...

So I changed the clutch on my manual 2.5 DSE and obviously had the gearbox out (without breaking) gearbox from transfer box). Trouble is now I now can't select low range however before I had no problem. Any ideas what could have gone wrong? Thanks

So just went in another test drive and thrashed it a bit, trouble is temperature started to go up and was close to red so stopped to cool down. Before I changed the radiator I hadn't had any of the usual overheating issues, do you think the previous owner did put a 100% coolant mix in? I just...

Thanks again for all your advice, I did actually manage to use a pipe latching device with an extension on the end, then with the spanner on a couple of large whacks did it! What a happy moment that was :) Now paroniod about overheating but first test run was temperature midway and level, my...

Thanks for the reply. If I happen to not be able to get it off with the sharpe whack, what can I grab hold of to stop it rotating when I hit it? Cheers!

I've got to replace my radiator and hoped I wouldn't have to remove the fan, but looks like I do. Now I have the diesel 2.5 and the information is a left hand thread. Just for sanity sake I should undo that in a clockwise direction?* I have tried but can't see what I can hold onto to stop it...