Bubbling water noise.

[Dan+Z]

Hay guys

I was driving my D2a last night and all of a sudden everytime I accelerate there is a bubbling water noise coming from the dash???? :S

it's only when I accelerate but once I get to a constant speed it's fine?

Would anyone have a clue what it could be???

Thanks in advance

Dan+Z

[Fluids]

there is a bubbling water noise coming from the dash???? ..... Would anyone have a clue what it could be???

Dan+Z

Your coolants low ... or you've done a head gasket.

Kev..

[Dan+Z]

just checked the coolant, and its quite low.

there is red coolant in there at the moment do you recommend an type of coolant to use in my landy as im a new landy owner and dont want to harm it haha.

cheers

Dan+Z

[Ferret]

Get some Nulon red from SuperCheap, Repco etc. That is compatible with what you already have.

You really need to know why you are low on coolant.

[Hendrik]

You could have air in your cooling system, if bleeding the system does not solve it, you may have to get a pressure test done. Has it ever been overheated?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Go find our forum called
The Good Oil
look for a thread called coolant,,

and you need to find out WHY its leaking,,,

quickly.

[Fluids]

Go find our forum called
The Good Oil
look for a thread called coolant,,

and you need to find out WHY its leaking,,,

quickly.


What Ferret said.

Supercheap Auto or K-Mart usually carry it. Nulon Red colour coolant ... make sure it says OAT on the bottle (Organic Acid Technology).

Top up your coolant (mixed 50/50) and monitor the level daily. Stick a coke bottle over the overflow pipe from the expansion tank and tape/wire it in place ... if the system is overpressurizing and purging coolant you'll catch it in the coke bottle ... it shouldn't be purging ... if it is, your cooling system may be over-pressurizing ... a head gasket possibly. Any leaks anywhere else ? ... you'll see the red coolant stains.

Also, check the forums (search is your friend - there's stacks of info on this forum) on how to properly bleed your cooling system ... AND go to the shop link at the top of this page, and order a RAVE CD for your Disco ... Complete LR workshop manual for your Disco ! Invaluable!!

Let us know how you get on.

Td5 or V8 ??

Kev..

[R4+Z]

Hi guys

Took Dan round to a friend who has a Disco2 and he had had the same problem! Same stain on the nearside of the engine which he recons gives away the fact that it is the De Ice valve and won't cost us that much (around $300) to get fixed. Definitely found coolant under the car so fortunately not a head gasket, still a pain though!

[BigJon]

De Ice valve??

[Pedro_The_Swift]

De Ice valve??

X2...

[Owen]

My Brothers car had done exactly that. Ended up being a slipped liner letting the coolant go. You might be able to see with a scope into each cylinder if one has moved.

[Ferret]

De Ice valve??

Throttle body gasket, I think.

[bee utey]

Throttle body gasket, I think.
Yes! that ****** thing under the throttle body that leaks coolant, often found disconnected;). Under 1 hour job to lift the plenum cover, cut and fit gasket, refit.

[R4+Z]

Should really update this!

Put it in for what we thought was a small repair and it is now sat waiting for the mechanics to get round to it as it is much worse than we originally thought!

The heads have to come off before we will even know the extent of the damage.

It seems we were sold a bad one! probably bodged up with chemi weld to get it through the sale. I couldn't do that to someone else so we will get it repaired and hope it isn't too expensive. At least we will know what we have then!

Dan is not a happy soul!

[R4+Z]

Didn't expect to hear so soon but it turns out it's just the gasket. So not cheap but a big sigh of relief!

[ozscott]

Its funny I pulled mine off at 140,000 sure that it would be buggered and it was fine...I even bought a new one just in case...now I have a good spare and a new one on. The gaskets might weep at times, but the plate in mine was like new. The right coolant changed regularly might be the key.

Cheers

[R4+Z]

Quote for repair $2169.00

Not happy at being had by the seller (assuming they knew) but pleased with the repairers. They have been straight with us all along and don't seem to be unreasonable in either their assessmemt or quote. Also a pleasure to deal with.