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I don’t see how bent rods would cause an increase in running temprature through. A compression test would confirm head gasket or cracked head I suppose but not confirm any damage to rods? Think it may be cheaper to buy another used engine and put it in!

A bent conrod is cheaper than a cracked head I think! Looks like I can pickup pistons & rods for £50 where as a head is £150+ I think I’ll have to pay someone to strip it to find out if there any obvious faults

I just can’t work out how it’s developed an over heating issue! So strange.

I don’t mind getting the engine rebuilt if needs be but if it’s only a head gasket etc I’d rather just do that. I know it’s common for diesels to bend rods, I’ve had it before I haven’t get any of the symptoms. It still goes like absolute f**K! Definitely no loss of power

Was it still driving completely fine? Mine still has all power and no other systems just gets hot under hard boosting

Do you think it is worth paying someone to take the head off or would I be better off just buying a complete engine and dropping it in? Difficult as I’ll have to pay someone to do the work and I can imagine paying ££££ for a headgasket only for it to do the same thing and find something more...

Yeah I’ve heard about the plastic dowel issues. It’s done 115k though on a W plate so I would be amazed if it hasn’t already had that repaired. It’s always lost a bit of coolant and if you blipped the throttle when it was cold it used to chuck out some white. I thought the head gasket may be ok...

Radiator looks good, I’ve taken it off and flushed it out and seemed fine. (I then dropped it and cracked the plastic) so I’ll order a new one anyway. My fear is that the water increased pressure in the cylinders and either blew the head gasket or cracked the head.

1 - hard to tell, it doesn’t smell particularly hot or behave any different however under normal driving the temp gauge stays about midway but if you boost it hard or put it under load then itll increase quite fast so it does seem as if it’s reading temp ok. 2. No electric fan 3. Viscous van...

would a bent conrod cause over heating? i cant see how myself. surely the headgasket would let go before the head would crack? i did think the HG was beginning to let go before today so i am not too upset by it haha!

I think i have posted in the defender section although i am not sure. If it had bent a conrod or valve i would expect it not to be running or to be down on power and its still as powerful as it was

Intercooler wasn't full of water although there is evidence some had gone into the intake manifold. It has done a fair few miles today after this happened it just been getting hot under any strain. Just seems really strange to have developed an overheating problem. I would guess at the fact...

Hello, I'm new here so i do apologies if i am posting in the wrong area. This morning my 2000 TD5 defender sucked up water mid river crossing. As i was in the water it started to misfire, bog down and pour out tones of white / blue smoke. I manage to limp out of the river and home, i took the...

Hello, I'm new here so i do apologies if i am posting in the wrong area. This morning my 2000 TD5 defender sucked up water mid river crossing. As i was in the water it started to misfire, bog down and pour out tones of white / blue smoke. I manage to limp out of the river and home, i took the...