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Broke down today

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Range Rover Blues:
On mine the x thing is level with the seam anyway, it's becasue of how it's moulded.

I had to chuckle once, a 'mobile mechanic' once told me that the circular tube throught he centre of the tank was a good way to tell if it's full, you touch the bottom of it, if it's hot then there's water, if not then it's running dry.

Usefull?

But recently another 'mobile mechanic', IIRC the one with the flashing lights, told me they put that 'kiss throug' into the tank for exactly that reason.

My big hairy butt, it's there to stop the tank blowing up like a football.

cardiff_gareth:
Well short of time this morning so I undid the header tank cap, heard a trickling noise and then a hiss as it de-pressured. When looking in couldn't see any water so filled her up slowly. She took exactly 2 litres of water. Whilst there I gave all the hoses a good squeeze and checked the oil level and under the oil cap for white scum but nothing so at least thats one thing I can rule out.
In work now and no overheat on the way in, not sure if paranoia but it seemed to run a bit better / quieter and heaters worked very well, too well   :lol:  :lol:

Do I check the bleed plug on the thermostat or leave it as not to rock the apple cart :?:

Lyndsey731:
You need to ask yourself why it needed topping up again when you only did it three weeks ago and why it was still pressurised after being left overnight?
James on here had the same problem, fine driving around town but would overheat on the motorway, his was the head gasket.

Gav

cardiff_gareth:
That was my concern, that the head had gone but I get no smoke from driving, oil is black not creamy and also there is no scum under the oil filler cap. Can the head go without these symptoms  :?:

Lyndsey731:
James's ran sweet as a nut and the oil was fine, no white at all and no smoke. Run the engine with expansion cap off, be careful obviously and see if your getting any small bubbles coming up, thats a pretty good sign that all is not well. With James's because the crack was between the chamber and the cooling ducts in the block if you revved the engine with the cap off it was like a fountain inside the tank as the gases were over pressurising the system.

Gav

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