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

Hi
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

Originally Posted by haydent

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

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

Originally Posted by haydent

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...

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

Originally Posted by Tins

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

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.

Originally Posted by Tins

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

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