Recent content by daveyounger

Thanks Hippo, But it literally felt like there was a pin stopping the ignition from turning. And.. the Steering lock was not engaged. I did contemplate turning the steering wheel until it locked and pull the wheel to the left to release it etc... But after 5 mins, all ok... WTF

Nope ... I thought of that. Its a 1990 1.4 L. No immobiliser fitted. But I did try to turn the key.. Do you think it will make a difference?

Hi Guys, Since my last forray with a Disco (and failed) I've bought my wife a Freelander (2003) with a view to me getting another Disco soon. Now the problem... Tonight we were at Tesco's and on returning I zapped the button and opened the back door and put the shopping in. Then... I put...

Thanks, this is why I like this site. The information that people have is just out of this world: as they say - only gained from experience. Thanks for all the help

My best geuss is it's one of the 8 at fault :( Just put the heads on a surface plate at work with some engineers blue and it looks ok - both heads covered quite nicely once we took some high points off at the edges. So now its back to the block. Ho Hum.

Thanks - will do. If not, I take it it the rad at fault?

Mine's the serpentine belt. I've flushed the rad, its had a new waterpump, top hose, thermostat & expansion bottle and it still boils up. It seems to be when you rev the engine to 2500 / 3000 rpm and it starts to overheat.

Thanks, thats where all the roads are leading to. As I need it running by the end of the month, I will probably put a replacement engine in and get this one sorted over winter. Anyone got a 3.9 V8 engine in NE england that will last for a few months. Just a thought, if I fitted the...

Hi, Its LH bank from front (drivers side) no. 2 cylinder.

Hi, I uploaded some pics on my original post, but because of the title, I thought you Guru's may miss my request for help. Here are the pics. http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/8742/imag0005au.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6182/imag0014pq.jpg...

Thanks Paul, If you look at the head gasket there is no sign of any kind of seepage / leakage on either side.

Hi Mr Noisy, that sounds about right , that was my thoughts. Since then, things have moved on.. I have removed the heads and here are some pics http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/8742/imag0005au.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6182/imag0014pq.jpg...

Thanks, the rest is fine. Underneath is solid, no plates; only minor bits needed, like sunroof seal (found that out on saturday and today - but thats another story), gear bias plate, slight repair needed to drivers seat, etc. For a 1999 / 2000 its in good condition. To be fair when I bought...

Fett LOL. Kseal worked for about 10 miles, but once I accelorated above 2000 rpm, then up the temp went. My wife has gone tangental and wants it sold (money pit etc etc). I said, next step heads off, if it looks ok then replace gaskets if look for an engine. So.. this week, heads off...

Hi Sassanach, Yes, hot all over. The hot water moved down the headder then across the tubes. Since then, I took some other advice and yesterday went to my local MOT garage and he put the sniffer in the header tank and yes the reading rose, we stopped it at 2150 ppm. So head gasket failure...