Markf
3rd October 2016, 11:22 PM
Do I have an "issue" or not ?
A little bit of history. Replaced the radiator, fuel cooler O rings, that stupid little c*** of a hose behind the turbo and had an afternoon of amusement doing all of the hose clamps. This was a month or so ago and since then my D2 ha been TOTALLY leak free...:-) A couple of days after I finished that exercise I looked at the coolant level and there was about a thimble full at the bottom of the expansion chamber. Topped it up thinking that it was probably because the system hadn't been bled properly. Since then the coolant level has not moved even a little bit. I am coolant leak free...:-)
This last weekend drove from Moe to Essendon (~160km) and then to Ballarat. When we got to Ballarat there was a slight gurgling hissing noise from where the heater matrix is but when I looked the next morning before startup the coolant level hadn't moved. Leaving Ballarat there was a little more gurgling but only after it warmed up a bit. It all went quiet after about 20km but came back for a very short time approaching Melb. Nothing more has been heard and the coolant level hasn't moved. There are no bubbles in the expansion tank.
The question is do I take the head off and get it inspected to within an inch of its life and give it a new head gasket and whatever else I need to replace ? Or do I let sleeping dogs lie and assume that the gurgling is an artefact of the dodgy bleed job when the radiator and hoses 'n stuff was done ?
I see a classic Land Rover gotcha here. Scenario one is I pull the head off and find nothing amiss and waste a pile of time and cash fixing what wasn't broken. Scenario two is if I leave it it'll properly die in the middle of nowhere and cost a lot of time and money to retrieve and repair.
Thoughts anyone ?????
A little bit of history. Replaced the radiator, fuel cooler O rings, that stupid little c*** of a hose behind the turbo and had an afternoon of amusement doing all of the hose clamps. This was a month or so ago and since then my D2 ha been TOTALLY leak free...:-) A couple of days after I finished that exercise I looked at the coolant level and there was about a thimble full at the bottom of the expansion chamber. Topped it up thinking that it was probably because the system hadn't been bled properly. Since then the coolant level has not moved even a little bit. I am coolant leak free...:-)
This last weekend drove from Moe to Essendon (~160km) and then to Ballarat. When we got to Ballarat there was a slight gurgling hissing noise from where the heater matrix is but when I looked the next morning before startup the coolant level hadn't moved. Leaving Ballarat there was a little more gurgling but only after it warmed up a bit. It all went quiet after about 20km but came back for a very short time approaching Melb. Nothing more has been heard and the coolant level hasn't moved. There are no bubbles in the expansion tank.
The question is do I take the head off and get it inspected to within an inch of its life and give it a new head gasket and whatever else I need to replace ? Or do I let sleeping dogs lie and assume that the gurgling is an artefact of the dodgy bleed job when the radiator and hoses 'n stuff was done ?
I see a classic Land Rover gotcha here. Scenario one is I pull the head off and find nothing amiss and waste a pile of time and cash fixing what wasn't broken. Scenario two is if I leave it it'll properly die in the middle of nowhere and cost a lot of time and money to retrieve and repair.
Thoughts anyone ?????