Thread: 3.5L rebuild?

Originally Posted by Reads90

Also when was it turned last this will cause it to over heat too.

But anyway replacing the head gasket is not a difficult job to do your self and chaep to do
Now the link to my faveroute site since moving to Aus

Head Gasket Set
Part Number : STC1566
Notes : 3.5 Carb
Head Gasket Set
Price : £ 14.50
http://www.land-rover-parts-shop.com...9/29/44/100540

will post at a cost of about $15 and can pay by paypal

Brilliant prices!!!!!!

But unless you have so much time on your hands that you do Head Gaskets and Head Jobs for passing the time, I'd TEST for a leaking gasket first- soooooo easy!

Yes there is a shroud fitted. The electric fan is 10-12 inches (yes it blowing in the right direction!!!) fitted to the front of the radiator. How does the VC fan work better than the one i've got? I thought the olny difference was that it stops sometimes... or is it the number of blades that does the trick?

Service quite regular for a short-trip-every-few-weeks kind of car...

a couple of question for you
How long have you had this truck
How long has it been over heating

Originally Posted by byron

Brilliant prices!!!!!!

But unless you have so much time on your hands that you do Head Gaskets and Head Jobs for passing the time, I'd TEST for a leaking gasket first- soooooo easy!

Oh yeah agreed but at least if you do need to do it , its not the end of the world

Originally Posted by Bulldog

Yes there is a shroud fitted. The electric fan is 10-12 inches (yes it blowing in the right direction!!!) fitted to the front of the radiator. How does the VC fan work better than the one i've got? I thought the olny difference was that it stops sometimes... or is it the number of blades that does the trick?

Service quite regular for a short-trip-every-few-weeks kind of car...

the newest fans [16 blades?] shift ENORMOUS amounts of air......and their drive motor isn't a 12volt one......it's a V8 3.5 - 4.6 litres!!!!......much more power to move the air through in BIG volumes!!!!

I'd go to an LR expert though, heaps cheaper than spending lots of dollars on new parts to throw at it!........FIND the problem, then fix the problem! - Simple!

Originally Posted by Bulldog

Yes there is a shroud fitted. The electric fan is 10-12 inches (yes it blowing in the right direction!!!) fitted to the front of the radiator. How does the VC fan work better than the one i've got? I thought the olny difference was that it stops sometimes... or is it the number of blades that does the trick?

Service quite regular for a short-trip-every-few-weeks kind of car...

it is proved a fan pulling air though the rad works a hell of a lot better than a fan pushing air though the rad

Had it 3 years. Overheating since i got it, but it was missing the carby linkage for a while... Radiator was done about 2 years ago.

Originally Posted by byron

the newest fans [16 blades?] shift ENORMOUS amounts of air......and their drive motor isn't a 12volt one......it's a V8 3.5 - 4.6 litres!!!!......much more power to move the air through in BIG volumes!!!!

- Simple!