Thread: Freelander with a cooked engine

Originally Posted by garrycol

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

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