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I wonder if you could lift just the front ? Lifting body to remove rear dynamic sway bar

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On speaking to a Range Rover mechanic, he suggested that the EGR cooler may of failed, as this gives similar symptoms as a blown head gasket, pressurising the coolant overflow bottle and white smoke out the exhaust.
So for a few hours labour, this will be my next move.... fingers and toes crossed!!

oh that would be a possibility of how it consumed the coolant too

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you need a hoist, though that hasn't stopped me from trying to dream up ways to do it without one...

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4 high lift jacks and lots of blocks of wood....:BigThumb:

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actually you possibly could get away with putting a hoist on standard slab as you arent lifting a 3 ton car with it, just the cab...

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Trouble with that is that sometime in the future someone who was unaware could die.

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Trouble with that is that sometime in the future someone who was unaware could die.

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for sure i thought if this, and you would need to take it down if you ever moved, and possibly put a sign on it warning of this if you unexpectedly died and someone else found it.

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4 high lift jacks and lots of blocks of wood....:BigThumb:

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well they can move/lift houses with just bottle jacks and lumber

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for reference, here's the egr coolers. i would expect if one was cracked and leaking coolant into the exhaust intake an inspection of the inside could show evidence similar to how a spark plug in a cylinder with a blown head gasket will be steam cleaned.

one could likely also pressure test the coolant/water jacket

If you are exceptionally lucky you may have a DIY workshop with hoist close by!