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The car was serviced in September at 32k miles incl cam belt, brake fluid, coolant, and other belts changed fan & alternator I believe they are called, I can see they are new. Also had new heavy duty wipers and new spare wheel cover. A few months before that the car was serviced privately. The...

Yep, cheers NI, full marks for predicting the fault. I understand the remote thermo is marked as to which hose goes to the pump but that did not happen so disappointing. An unintentional mistake but it does beg a question if others may have been fitted incorrectly. I have come to an...

Finally got to the bottom of this problem. The overheating was caused by the hoses to the new inline thermostat being fitted the wrong way around! I took the car to another LR dealer for a second opinion. They did sniff (gases?) test and no problem. They initially noticed new coolant tank was...

Hi NI, Thanks for your help. Spoke with the mechanic and he confirmed the old thermostat was removed and new blanking plate fitted. I accept the new rad now looks unnecessary (although a very slight improvement). The rad part cost £170. The mechanic thinks it may be a faulty thermostat...

Thanks for the info. I suppose what I am getting at is I am surprised turning on the heat/blower "cures" the overheating but agree it does not explain the cause. That is what makes me think it is a cooling system fault rather than something else (I could be very wrong!). If diverting hot...

Hi NI, Thank you for your suggestions. I will get the water pump checked. I have a call out to the LR mechanic about the old stat and blanked stat ring to find out, will post back. The thing that bugs me is why turning on the heat/blower reduces the temp to normal so I am hoping it is a...

Thanks for the quick replies. I thought if I had hgf I would be losing coolant or have mayo in oil or coolant? But yes I am worried the overheating is a prelude to hgf. Don't often do lunatic things I live to regret but I might have by buying a freebie! Still, I would like to...

Hi everyone, first post and sorry to say it's a problem. I searched previous posts and could not find the same situation as mine. I recently bought a 1.8 petrol 2001 Xreg with 32k on the clock (I am a fool I know). Had it serviced at LR including timing belt. Following the advice here I also...