hey all, I'm back - some questions after a trip to sydney

mike 90 RR · 31st December 2009, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by matthewk

3tyres at 50 - 60% and the other tad less

that patrol next to the disco his tyre were the same or less

the white patrol in the back didnt even have tread ??????????????? on 35s

Your running 16" rims??

and the patrol has 15" rims ... and it has more sidewall height than yours, which is handy for lower tyre pressure and tyre flexing ...giving it more tyre contact with rock face surface

Originally Posted by matthewk

as for radiator is it just a matter of undoing all oil lines and waters hoses??????? to pull out the radiator? then clean out everything get rad back from center then reenstall?

Just remember to put the right coolant back in and fill it up the correct way ... there is a thread in the "Good Oil" section .... read it carefully (don't just fill it up) ... ask if your not sure

Originally Posted by matthewk

but also i will ask this how have you guy keep the dizzy clean and dry??????????????????????????????????

Some folks put a rubber glove over the dizzy (there are a few pictures of it on this site) .... some just layer on spray grease /// How much water are you talking about???

Chemi weld solves nothing ... I think your jumping the gun, in thinking that it is a good idea to use it ..... I WOULDN'T ....

Personaly tho .... If this is the first time this ride has been off the road for a while, chances are that all that new bouncing around on the tracks, has freed up debris off the inside of the block, Sent it all to a partially blocked radiator, and that is why the radiator is suddenly playing up

OR you forgot to mention about any water / mud holes that you went through

Mike

**Bush65** · 31st December 2009, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by matthewk

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but back to the question in hand could it be that the radiator is junked up that she gets so hot?, now on the way home from syd passing another 93 disco owner had said thes have a bad habbit of junking up inside and the tanks need to be pulled off and cleaned out etc is this true?
could this acutally fix alot of the problems with the disco?

Because the radiator is a cross flow type, gravity causes sediment to drop out of suspension in the horizontal tubes. The sediment blocks the tubes and can only be effectively cleaned by removing the tanks and rodding out.

For our conditions, the radiator size is only marginal at best.

**matthewk** · 31st December 2009, 07:00 PM

reading the oils thread sujest a red colour base anti frezz would that be the same as what written in the hand book???

ethylene glycol based anti frezz containg no metho with no phosphate corrosion inhibitors??

as for replacing the radiator for somthing bigger i cant see my self wasiting that kinda money considering ebay sell the standard radators for around 600 and for wheel drive on middlebourght road sell them at 1200

as for filling it up i just do it the way i did it last time filll it all up rase the front put the cap on the over flow tank and take out that crappy plastic bung start car let it run get all air bubble out fill up if need and put plastic bung back on done

mike 90 RR · 31st December 2009, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by matthewk

as for replacing the radiator for somthing bigger i cant see my self wasiting that kinda money considering ebay sell the standard radators for around 600 and for wheel drive on middlebourght road sell them at 1200

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I got a "heavy duty 3 core high efficiency" purpose built, for 600 smackers here in Perth .....

I'ld look else where's at your prices ......

Can't comment on the coolant to use .... Rather someone else "pipe up" with some reasonable priced brand names for you to use

**matthewk** · 31st December 2009, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

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I got a "heavy duty 3 core high efficiency" purpose built, for 600 smackers here in Perth .....

I'ld look else where's at your prices ......

Can't comment on the coolant to use .... Rather someone else "pipe up" with some reasonable priced brand names for you to use

oh i see i think i payed maybe 360 for a 3 core on the old GQ

i was just reading up on the coolants in the hand book and the oils threads after new years i'll read some more got the handbrake barking at me to go out and take the boys

cheers matty

**slug_burner** · 1st January 2010, 08:35 AM

I'd get the overheating sorted before going off road. Blowing a hose off sounds a little unusual for a car with an expansion thank! Overheating will kill any aspirations of going 4 wheeling as your motor will be toast.

Does it overheat on petrol or only on gas? There are people here with experience on gas vehicles so they might be able to help you with some pointers in the gas tuning department.

**dullbird** · 1st January 2010, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Scouse

We didn't make it that far on that night trip Lou. There is a similar, shorter one earlier on - that would have been the one.

OK it must be similar......need to go do that clean up with the club hey

**Bush65** · 1st January 2010, 12:59 PM

Whatever you do, do not mix the 2 different types of coolant.

Also those plastic bungs were a very bad Land Rover idea. I would replace it with a brass unit at your earliest convenience.

**matthewk** · 1st January 2010, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by slug_burner

I'd get the overheating sorted before going off road. Blowing a hose off sounds a little unusual for a car with an expansion thank! Overheating will kill any aspirations of going 4 wheeling as your motor will be toast.

Does it overheat on petrol or only on gas? There are people here with experience on gas vehicles so they might be able to help you with some pointers in the gas tuning department.

well when i was 4x4 i only ran petty, every time i did a track id turn off the car let it cool before the next part

going up hill in petty or gas got warm more so around gosford and wollengong, <keeping in mind the old boys 5.2L diesel v8 also warmed up on the hills>

and at 110-120 freeway cruising she got slighly warm on the way home

not yesterday but day before i ran into clayton here in vic and the temp and pressure sore the water flood out of the over fill bottle with the cap still on mind you it was between 30- 40 degrees

i will pull the radiator out clean everything good as i can

driving yesterday and this morning was good didnt over heat once seen as it was alot cooler and raining so sujest to me that its junks up

i used a nulon dark green bottle infact i use 2 bottle for 11Ls

**big guy** · 1st January 2010, 03:13 PM

matthewk

Sounds definately like your car is toast by now.
Its a tad hard to read some of your posts, not sure if its just me but some words are just wrong and can give wrong meaning. Difficult to understand thats all.
You say you do all your own maintenance but the most basic and possibly most important to any vehicle has been overlooked.
The cooling system function is paramount not just in these vehicles but all.
Doing 110-120km/h on a hot day or when you know its potentially overheating is another thing I can't understand.

Stop comparing the 2 vehicles, one you had for a while and had time to sort its issues out the other you have thus far got No idea about and understandably are trying, full marks there but do it right.

My Disco, actually all 9 of my last Landies all have and still do out-perform most Patrols and Toyotas. Thats what Landies are built for and known for.

If you were handed a Sniper Rifle, do you think you could land a shot at 2 miles?
Everything takes time and getting accustomed to, same with a new car.

So do us all a favour and qualify your comments and be reasonable.

Happy new year too mate.

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