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OverHeating AGAIN
landroverkeith:
We did bleed it last when the water pump was changed, im pretty confident thats fine, the rad seems ok with no fins missing etc but i see what u say about the bottom could be gunged up
ill source a new rad then and try that on the old gal thanks for your help :)
lurch_917:
keith has yours got air con as i had this with my green one three head gaskets later found out it was a build up of crap between the 2 rads just undo the top retainer spreed the uprights enough to tilt the rad back abit and check could save ££££££s
Range Rover Blues:
I know a guy who had masses of grief with overheating, new head, rad the lot. Turned out he had a V8 fan blade on the TDi viscous hub, when t got hot and locked up it blew harder, forcing the hot air back into the rad.
Worth checking :doh:
Buy I'd agree, having tried radflush on my LSE, it makes no difference so I fitted a new rad and viscous hub, job jobbed :dance:
Saffy:
When my 300tdi cooked I replaced it and then suddenly 10 days later the new one wanted to cook. Landrover specialist I bought it from said you can flush a 300tdi rad for ever and a day and it will remain blocked but still pass clear water. I let him fault find and replace rad and it was sorted. Rad is not normally used in the cooling of engine on a 300tdi - hence I could drive around for 10 days perfectly okay but when powering up a very long gradual hill (past city of Bath) the thermostat opened and needed the cooling of the rad- when that cooling wasn't there the temp reached for the red.
landroverkeith:
--- Quote from: lurch_917 on June 01, 2010, 00:32:10 ---keith has yours got air con as i had this with my green one three head gaskets later found out it was a build up of crap between the 2 rads just undo the top retainer spreed the uprights enough to tilt the rad back abit and check could save ££££££s
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Yes mate it has Ill have a Look at that at the weekend then ...
--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on June 02, 2010, 20:08:44 ---I know a guy who had masses of grief with overheating, new head, rad the lot. Turned out he had a V8 fan blade on the TDi viscous hub, when t got hot and locked up it blew harder, forcing the hot air back into the rad.
Worth checking :doh:
Buy I'd agree, having tried radflush on my LSE, it makes no difference so I fitted a new rad and viscous hub, job jobbed :dance:
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Sorry to ask but how do u tell the differance between the two more blades I think mine is dead anyways cos I can turn it freely when the engine is hot and it wobbles all over the place ?? :oops: ?
cheers for the Ideas ive got to sort this now as we taking the caravan down to devon in august
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