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Yeah I really thought it was an airlock, but hopefully I can get this changed over the weekend and get it back on the road. I just knew deep down it would end up being the head gasket!

So after all that, I'm now pretty certain the head gasket has gone! But at least I have my answer at last, time to start stripping it down. I can't wait to get it back running nice, I do love these cars, they're great fun and so comfortable to drive

Thanks guys! I'll be bleeding it again tomorrow, so hopefully keep doing it I might be lucky! My dad used to be a mechanic so he said he was gonna flush the system through and that might work too. Changed the spark plugs after work last night in the dark And it's insured and taxed now so I can...

I've checked it over and it's definitely not the HG, it's got air in there somewhere. I've changed the spark plugs cos only 3 were working. I blew in to the pipe for the jiggle valve and since doing that my heating is working and I'm getting water out of the bleed screw. So at the weekend I'll...

Would that cause it to overheat? I haven't touched it since, but I've got the whole weekend to look at it now so any ideas and I'll crack on. Luckily it's not my main car so I'm not in any rush to fix it, but I would like it for the summer.

I'd say possibly steam, I thought maybe condensation but I'll take another look at it on Sunday when I'm not working. I need to take a look at the jiggle valve too, so I've got a few bits to do. I'd say it was coming from just above the exhaust manifold if that's any help?

That's handy to know, thank you. I'll try that at the weekend. I started it yesterday, which took about 10 tries. The battery is new, and although it's not been used in a couple of weeks, it ran for a long time on Saturday and I drove it up the road, but yesterday I was pumping the accelerator...

Thank you, I'll take a look tomorrow morning and see if I can find it. Now I've got a couple of bits to look for!

I'll try bleeding that one too, and find the jiggle valve. So you reckon it's probably something to do with the gasket?

Where is the second bleed screw?

I'll have a look at this, I'll get up early tomorrow and try and look at it in the morning before work, if not it'll be the weekend. I've never even heard of a jiggle valve so you've been very helpful, thank you!

Seems you might be right, if that's stuck it'll keep overheating due to an airlock so to speak. Could be a reasonably easy fix if that's what's doing it! Now I just need to find this pipe and see this jiggle valve.

I'm gonna look for this jiggle valve and hope it's something as simple as that. If that is stuck, can it be fixed or will I need to replace the pipe? How would I know the jiggle valve is stuck also?

No water comes out from anywhere. Even with the bleed screw undone nothing comes out.

I hope your optimism is correct! What's the best way to get rid of an airlock? Because on Saturday I opened the bleed screw and ran the engine to try and get rid of it but that hasn't worked. And would the airlock prevent the water coming out from the bleed screw because nothing comes out when...

Thank you for all of that, you've definitely left me with lots to think about! I thought it was an air lock, so I ran it at the weekend hoping to get rid of it but that hasn't worked. I'm guessing if it is an air lock it needs sorting better, but I'm also thinking it could be the HG, the HG went...

I've got a new header tank cap on the way, would that cause it to do this? I have no idea what a prt thermostat system is or the jiggle valve?

Yeah I don't mind doing the head gasket, that's no problem, I'll get it checked first thought, thank you!

Thank you for the reply! I think you're probably right, I'm happy to change the head gasket but when the head gasket went on my other Freelander it didn't do anything this one is doing so I wanted to make sure before I start it.

I'm hoping someone can help me, I bought a 1.8 Freelander a couple of weeks ago as a car I could fix up and keep so I knew what I was buying. The seller stated it was overheating, and said it was most likely the head gasket. My other freelander had the head gasket go too so I knew how to sort...