Hi,

Since Feb I have had the check coolant message..

Into the garage for a check up.. and found no leaks. Temp gauge gets to half way in less than 2 miles....

Been regularly topping up the coolant every day with about 2 1/2 pints of water, whether a small journey or long one.

Picked up the caravan last night from the storage site and did 10 miles back to home, up hills and down hills and put it under a bit of pressure. but (Still running sweet all the way home)

parked it up for a couple of hours whilst I set the caravan up etc....

Here it is....... Got back in and started it up when cold..... Well what a change...

Now running like a bag of spanners.. engine rocking and noisy, put in reverse and violent juddering. put in drive and violent juddering. car gets warm quickly and within minutes the car is running sweet again......

Been back to the garage this morning and they have confirmed that it is likely coolant is leaking into the head and then when burnt off it runs OK...



Trev Current Cars
(Sold) Range Rover TD6 05 Vogue SE - 85k - Zambezi Silver - Black Leather..
Kia Ceed (4) 1.6 - 33k - Silver
Previous.
VW Golf 2008 2.0 SDI (With Add Ons) - 109k Silver
Vauxhall Zafira 2.2 Petrol SRI - with Ex Pack 32k -Turquoise (traded for the FFRR)

Last edited by Trev18 on 5th Aug 2015 10:09am. Edited 1 time in total

sounds serious trev, lets hope it turns out to be something less expensive..  ... - .- -.




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Thanks Stan,,

Don't think it is going to be something else...

We thought it was a few weeks back but none of the other tell-tale signs present.....

It is now showing - so at least I can get it sorted before the trip to France in 2 weeks...  Current Cars
(Sold) Range Rover TD6 05 Vogue SE - 85k - Zambezi Silver - Black Leather..
Kia Ceed (4) 1.6 - 33k - Silver
Previous.
VW Golf 2008 2.0 SDI (With Add Ons) - 109k Silver
Vauxhall Zafira 2.2 Petrol SRI - with Ex Pack 32k -Turquoise (traded for the FFRR)

Lets hope it is only the head gasket and nothing more serious. Good luck, fingers crossed here  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

My last car's engine failed due to coolant issues too, though it had not got anything like as bad as yours. I was told my options were:
1. Repair, quite expensive and no guarantee of success;
2. New engine, uneconomic in the context of my car; and
3 New car. That was what I chose.
I hope you find a good solution. Only Range Rovers since 1988

Well... After the shock of it being possibly the head gasket...

The garage had a re think and the result was totally in my favour....

Here is a picture of the offending item

phew ^^

enjoy your holidays now then

Result, bit cheaper than a head gasket....  Pete

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 MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Block EGR and replace that with a bypass pipe for the coolant and job done
Cooler coolant system as well  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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