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RRC 300 TDI retrofit cooling questions
Range Rover Blues:
--- Quote from: "PoPrivit" ---I am on my 2nd head gasket in 1200 miles
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:shock:
Ok so why did your head gaskets go, or are you changing them to try and cure another probelm?
What other work have you had done, head skimmed, crack tested etc.
Other than the airlocks are you having other problems or is it all in the cooling?
Is it running at all, if so is it running hot, cold, about right for a while (then all goes a bit pear shaped)?
PoPrivit:
work done
full engine rebuild
new rad & hoses
head refaced
1st gasket due to incorrect torque information being given. but didnt get hot just pumped out coolant from tank after 50 miles :( a tad miffed was i
2nd gasket due to overheat and poped hose due to lack of coolant in top hose. :( now getting very miffed.....
I dont think that the height of the tank is the cause and i just want to confirm before i start looking for anything else. It could be fault head but the engine had only covered 60,000 before the full rebuild so it should be ok.
I have niticed that a mates 300 tdi defender has a non return valve in the overflow feed from the rad and the top housing. Does yours have the same? and from what i can find on Factory 300 RRC's the tank sits lower than the top stat housing.
could just get a Disco !!!!!!! but just not the same as a RRC :(
PoPrivit:
forgot to say goes fine for a few days with little sign of any probs and then runs a little warmer so check and the water level is low in top stat housing. blead air out and fine again for a while.
Wife has been using car and forgot to check so cooked motor slightly and poped hose :(
got to do 150 miles a day and want to run the new motor in a bit before i use it to do this run.
PoPrivit:
Well as a bit of an update i have stripped the head off and the Head Gasket had started to go again. Taken it in to be checked and it's 8 thou out.. :(
so got it skimmed and just go to put back together now...... :cry:
went to have a look at a factory 300 this weekend and as i thought the level in the tank sits lower than the top stat housing :)
Also decided to buy the car i looked at...A 1995 M Soft Dash 300 TDI Auto Vogue SE with all the toys and full leather.........MMMMmmmmmm very nice. Had 2 other SE's but this is one of the best i've looked at for a while. Only thing that i had to have a think about was the EAS as you hear about so many problems, But it works well and the rest of the car has been cared for......Just have to wait and see...........now do i bob-tail my existing troublesome classic and have some fun. :evil:
dazzawhipple:
Rich
I have just got a RRC 3.5 V8 EFi LPG converted. No leather but different to the disco you put your foot down and it moves
Darren
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