Thread: New addition to the garage

Originally Posted by Scouse

Whereabouts in Sydney are you?
I have a few spares here & a brand new radiator that you're welcome to temporarily use if it helps get to the bottom of the problem.

I also think having a 2nd hand radiator 'reconditioned' is a bit odd for a workshop like Davis' to do. A new genuine radiator would be my preferred option, or at least a new Chinese one which are less than $200 these days.
Just my opinion though, I'm sure Bruce & the team know what they're doing.

I'm out west, near the corner of the M4 and M7.

Spares won't do me much good, I'm pretty clueless with regards to working on cars or chasing problems. I just give it to someone to fix.

DPL have a good reputation, and I trust they'll do right by me.
I understand doing things myself would be considerably cheaper, and while I understand the theory of the cooling system, I wouldn't have the vaguest idea of what I'd be doing.

TheTree - Might be time for a new water pump, then. Wouldn't hurt to get a new one.

--Striker.

Striker I live near castle hill not far from you, I am by no means a mechanic but if after the next visit to your mechanic you have no joy I would only be too happy to come around and have a look......I replaced the cooling system in mine myself, with forums help....could help you check the basics.

Mate

I note the people on facebook are going for the most expensive and major issue

I am pretty sure that DPL would not have sold you a car with a cracked head or block.

What I did was to take my car to a local mechanic who charged my $20.00 to test for the presence of exhaust in the coolant

So I suggest one step at a time and the fact it overheats more when you are idling suggests a water pump

Good luck mate

Steve

Originally Posted by TheTree

Mate

I note the people on facebook are going for the most expensive and major issue

I am pretty sure that DPL would not have sold you a car with a cracked head or block.

What I did was to take my car to a local mechanic who charged my $20.00 to test for the presence of exhaust in the coolant

So I suggest one step at a time and the fact it overheats more when you are idling suggests a water pump

Good luck mate

Steve

They do seem to be a bit alarmist over there, yes.

The car is back at DPL now, as I trust them. Bruce seemed genuinely disturbed that the issue hadn't been solved.

When it comes back, I'll take it to the local mechanic to test for exhaust in the coolant, dependant on what they found this time.

--Striker.

Originally Posted by Striker

When it comes back, I'll take it to the local mechanic to test for exhaust in the coolant, dependant on what they found this time.

--Striker.

Ask Bruce to do it while the car's there. If anyone in Sydney is going to have a sniffer, it'll be one of the biggest LR workshops in NSW.

Originally Posted by Scouse

Ask Bruce to do it while the car's there.

Will do, I'll give him a call in the morning.

--Striker.

Great news!

Bruce phoned this morning, and said that he'd plugged his computer in to the car. (He told me what it was, could have been a nanocom, but I'm pretty out of it with a cold/flu, and I don't remember).

When the gauge was reading three-quarters, the actual water temperature turned out to be only 70 degrees. The temperature sensor was faulty, and has been replaced.

--Striker.

Great result......happy motoring!