Freelander with a cooked engine

[juve_12]

Hey guys
I have a freind who sits next to me at work who has a freelander that is a 2000 model, 2 door petrol.

The thermowell failed and did not register a high temp when he was driving. the engine has been cooked and its due to go to the wreckers.

only thing is nobody wants to take it for some reason. he has called brittish motors etc and cant get a hold of the guy and is getting some run around.

I am asking the knowlegeable crowd here what he should do. what are the options????????


here is a picture.

please help.

Stu

[VladTepes]

Find a TD4 engone and put that in ?

[Reads90]

Put the body on a disco chassis and engine

Nice toy then


Ali


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[101RRS]

Unless he wants to have a go at rebuilding the engine or sourcing another engine with thermostat mods and both are not cost effective, then only real option is to scrap.

Garry

[Reads90]

Unless he wants to have a go at rebuilding the engine or sourcing another engine with thermostat mods and both are not cost effective, then only real option is to scrap.

Garry

Or find a second hand 1.8 engine out of a Honda or lotus , or rover but rovers a bit harder to find in aus.

[Reads90]

Put the body on a disco chassis and engine

Nice toy then


Ali


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As I said before

If they are going to scrap it then buy it cheap and change it into a D-lander

Here is my mate Richards

YouTube - ‪Dlander summer sisters June 2011.wmv‬

[bigcarle]

i would be tempted, but my disco is behaving itself at present, good project for a dlander though

[pfillery]

I'd be interested depending on where in Brissy it is and what he wants for it? PM me the details if you have them.

[Ausfree]

Yep, another example of why people should have a Low Level Coolant Alarm fitted to their Freelanders!!:o:D

[101RRS]

They will not prevent the problems in the 1.8 petrol as it is not a low coolant issue that causes the engines to overheat.

The thermostats can be slow to respond to what is going on in the engine. They stay closed causing the engine to get hot blowing heat gaskets, cracked heads and slipped liners etc. Alternatively, when the engine is really hot the thermostat finally opens sending cold water from the radiator into a really hot engine causing thermal shock. So not a low water issue - however every one should have one of these alarms fitted to any car.

The 1.8 is a good engine in itself and is relatively trouble free, it is the design of the thermostat that causes the problem. I do not know if the thermostat mods are successful but failures in cars where the thermostat is removed are exceptionally rare. If I lived in tropical climates with a 1.8 I think the thermostat would have been removed.

Garry

[woko]

it is the design of the thermostat that causes the problem. I do not know if the thermostat mods are successful

Garry
They still fail with the new thermostat or none at all. There is a new head gasket, oil rail and head bolts to give a better seal and a greater clamping force.
I haven't seen any fitted with this mod but have talked to people with MG's and they said it works well. the only thing is the liners have to have prostitution or will have HG failure

[Brit Tech]

hi all
i think you'll find the actual problem with these engines is the inlet manifold, the cooling system runs though the manifold on the right hand side (just behind the timing cover). the gasket is not man enough(stupid little rubber band type) and this lets all the coolant into the induction pipes, which either then goes through the engine as steam or past the rings to the sump. either way the end result is loss of coolant and over heating, eventually killing the head gasket, i have done many, many ....many of these. some where the owner has had the head gasket replaced 2 or 3 times before!!(its easier to do the head gasket with out removing the inlet manifold!! therefore missing the actual causeof the problem)
hope this all helps.
BT