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  1. 4th May 2014, 03:27 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vanderz View Post
    Took the girl for a drive today. all fine till i started going up hill. (before this i just connected the dual battery system to another ground no where near any of the cooling system) i lost about litres of coolant out of the cap of the overflow tank. doesnt look like ive done a head.

    left her for a couple hrs filled up the 3 litres drove back down the hill and home no issues...until i got to another hill.

    Stuffed/clogged Radiator???

    i am running an alisport cooler and have been for about 8 months now with no issue. (air con was on max the whole time)

    thoughts?
    I had the same progressively got worse, head gasket did the trick, at the same time fitted a new head from turners in the UK,
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  2. 4th May 2014, 09:59 PM #12
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    How can u tell if I have done the head if there no water in oil?

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  3. 4th May 2014, 10:06 PM #13
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    Is 155k a standard time for the head gasket to go?

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  4. 4th May 2014, 10:09 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougal View Post
    Where is your probe and how long is it?
    Its on the cap and its a right angle so it runs parallel to the fumes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vanderz View Post
    Is 155k a standard time for the head gasket to go?

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    There is no normal time but 155k is low, mine would be still going on original head if it wasnt for top hose failure which i could have prevented .
    If your hoses are pressurized from idle and coolant is being pushed out of the cap then good chances you've done the head - but check everything else first as previous people have mentioned.
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  6. 5th May 2014, 07:18 PM #16
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    Car wouldnt start this morning. Tried again after work and started first go. Let her idle for about 20 mins temp stayed at halfway the whole time.

    Took her for a drive amd 20mins in the temp started to rise slowly. Took about 5mins to go from half to 3/4 before I turned her off.

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  7. 5th May 2014, 08:53 PM #17
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    Sounds like you need to get a cooling system expert involved. The 300Tdi is apparently regarded as a relatively cool running engine, but you can't risk overheating them, as I know from personal experience.

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  8. 5th May 2014, 10:15 PM #18
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    If she starts tomorrow morning I will take it to work and flush the radiator check thermostat. Thats about as far as my mechanical skills stretch with regards to engines.

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    To answer your earlier question "How can you check if the heads blown if there's no oil in the watre?"
    Go to a decent Mechanic or Radiator specialist and they can do a test on Carbon Monoxide in the coolant system.

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  10. 6th May 2014, 12:02 PM #20
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    If your cracking heads kinda defeats the purpose of putting the gasket there doesnt it land rover?

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