Damn, I've had it too easy of late....

[rick130]

So the Land Rover Gods are reminding me that as long as I'm in this human form I too must endure what the Buddha called 'suffering'.

Yes, we know it as 'Land Rover ownership'

Bloody expansion tank has split.

Work up to my eyeballs.
14 voice mail messages.
Couldn't find the 20l drum of Platinum PG coolant. (after I left home I think I may have carted it up to the tractor shed in prep for its coolant change ?)


Tried wrapping the tank with silicon tape, but the split is on the guard side and apparently above the seam, so no go.

Found it when I stopped at the General Store 3km down the road.
I just undid the cap and it's worked for the 8km drive into town.

An order is being written up for Karcraft in between lines on here.

It could be a lot, lot worse.

No one has died, no one is injured, and I'm only being slightly inconvenienced.

Still,
Bloody cars.


[edit] Hmm, thinking about it, it's quite possibly a head gasket failure. Looks like it's going to be a head gasket/timing belt sort of weekend.

[bismillah]

even there you say, it's a Land Rover?

[steveG]

I've seen some reasonable temporary repairs done with epoxy putty after a bit of sanding to roughen the surface.
Worth a try if its not coping with the cap off.

Steve

[uninformed]

even there you say, it's a Land Rover?

yes, but the Aussie version is "bloody Land Rover"

cheers,
Sergio

[eddy]

If it's a 300tdi,the next leak will be the heater hose at the back of the head....then P gasket/water pump etc........keep a finger on its pulse.
Hope you have a low coolant alarm!

[jimr1]

Hi rick , I think the Land Rover God must visit us one at a time . How long to get a new one from Karcraft ?. I snapped the nipple off my expantion tank a few weeks ago, I was lucky I picked one up local it only took about 15 minutes change over . At least your not out back of nowere when it happend . Do you think if you made an offering to the Land Rover Gods they would leave you alone , if so i would like to know , cheers jimr1 .

[rick130]

Naa, heater hoses are relatively new and the top header tank on the heater had a major haemorrhage 12 months ago as I crested the range here.

As for the P gasket, it's been gushing when the cars turned off/cools down for months. (it's a metal one)
It'll get sorted over the weekend when a new timing belt/tensioner goes in.

Running with the cap loose is working ATM, there's only a dribble coming from the tank and I only have to do about another 30km today

Them there's tomorrow before the airbag arrives.....

[roverrescue]

Rick let me know if you want...

I have a couple of dodgy old tanks, a beat up HG thats is blown through all pots, and a couple of banana style heads.

Im happy to send em your way to bolt on - that way you will truly get the shizzle with the 300 and finally zuzu the old 130!!!!

Best of luck with the tank - in my experience I reckon the fabled "tank failures" are generally occuring as a result of early HG failures. Just the plastic is the weakest link in a 15psi system.

Mental note for if you have to yank the head (might save you a swear word)

You will remove the air cleaner bracket, place it over in the corner of the shed so you dont trip over the bloody thing... then change out the HG torque everything down tickity-boo go to grab the air cleaner and bracket and realise that it is held onto the block by two of the head bolts! GRRRRRRR there goes all your tickity-boo torque down!

Smile

Steve

[rick130]

Jim, deliveries from Karcraft are generally overnight.
They either use Toll Priority or Express Post and I think only one air bag has gone missing in eight years or so from them.

Deliveries from Newcastle take two days, so go figure.

I have an old 'sus but not leaking' black one here that was kept for such emergencies, but the loose rad cap is working OK ATM and tehre doesn't appear to be any bubbles in teh coolant either.

Steve, cheers for encouragement

And I remember the air cleaner bracket ATM, but in the heat of trying to screw everything back together ASAP, hmmmm.

You'll hear me from up there

JC has re-confirmed that the composite Elring HG I have in stock is preferable to an MLS one.

BTW I found the coolant, it was stored with the fuel drums, as you do.
Oh, and the paper wasps said hello too, I'm still smarting from their particular greeting

Now back to town to print out a couple of certificates of compliance someone requires from me.The printer has gone on strike too.

Hmm, offerings to deities, who can I sacrifice ?

[Judo]

I really hate being slightly inconvenienced.

Also, living in a place like Australia is not bad.