Vehicle & Technical > Range Rover
3.9 V8 Auto overheating
Dr Strangeglove:
Did you say you had a Rad. I got a price on Friday for a new one (from a company in Chorley) for £162.50 (ish). I found a price from a company in Bradford for around the same price also. If you need the tel no's let me know.
Yoshi:
No, not got one yet, gonna be a short while before i can get one now, used all me money and swapped me pc to get this mondeo so i have something to run around in lol
dave362:
--- Quote from: "BadgersRover" ---No, not got one yet, gonna be a short while before i can get one now, used all me money and swapped me pc to get this mondeo so i have something to run around in lol
--- End quote ---
If your cam shaft, tappets or timing gear are worn, I have a 6 month old setfor a 3.9 for sale. Can let you have all of them for under £100
Dr Strangeglove:
The new rad arrived today so it will be going on this weekend - has anyone any useful tips/do's or don'ts?
Dr Strangeglove:
Changed the rad on Monday (thank god for bank holidays!) and what I found was a bit of a mess really. I tried to see what the rad was like by just looking inside the engine bay. I looked behind the cowl and tried to feel if everything was intact. All looked OK apart from the very bottom which looked to be starting to flake, but due to the amount of people on here saying that the rads are liable to blocking I thought I would change it anyway.
I could not get the viscous fan off so I had to remove the rad with it in place. I eventually managed this and drained it into a try. The amount of crap that came out was unnerving. Then when I looked at the face that was toward the air con rad I thought it looked OK. I poked the vanes with a screwdriver and the cooling fins just turned to dust! I presume this was the root of my overheating problems.
I fitted the new rad, filled the system and checked the oils. I started her and let her tick over (listening all the time for the sound of doom - not that I am pessimistic!!). The lower engine oil pipe was not tight enough so I nipped that up then let her run.
OK, she ran and started to get warm. I kept squeezing the top hose to try and remove any airlocks and it certainly was not getting as warm as before. I could hold my hand on the top pipe without any problem – though it was warm. New problem!!! The temperature gauge is not reading any temperature! Could this be that the engine is not reaching the temperature that the gauge starts to read (or is this being optimistic) as I took the thermostat out when I first realised it had an overheating problem, or is it more likely to be the thermocouple. How can I test this?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Mick
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