Car runs beautifully.starts easilyhot or cold.temp normal tillrun 10 miles then pressures up andrad boils.after pump change,thermo changeheads checked,what next?
SOURCE: Land Rover Discovery 1996 3.9 V8i Cooling Problems
sounds to me like you have a blocked heater matrix or coolant radiator
SOURCE: new thermostat,waterpump,coolant,block flushed rad
take the thermostat out and heat it up in a pan of water to see if it will open when it gets hot.
you should see it open when it gets hot.use a cooking thermometer to watch the temp. it should open between 180 and 225 deg.
SOURCE: Land Rover 3.9 V8i Cooling Problem
I have experienced a few radiators on both discoveries and series 2 range rovers being blocked causing overheating. Also might pay to check your fan hub when the engine is hot switch off and check how freely you can turn the fan
SOURCE: 97 Range Rover all of sudden started over
TO BLEED COOLANT SYSTEM.FILL RADIATOR UP UNTIL COOLANT LEVEL STOP DROPPING IN RADIATOR.PUT RADIATOR CAP ON.CRANK CAR UP FOR A FEW MINUTES.LET IT IDLE TO GET WARM OR OPERATING TEMP SO THE THERMOSTAT OPEN UP. WATCH TEMP GAUGE.WHEN ENGINE START TO WARM UP.TURN OFF ENGINE.WAIT A WHILE.SO YOU WONT GET SCALDED.GET A LARGE RAG TO PLACE OVER RADIATOR CAP.WHEN ENGINE COOL DOWN ENOUGH .TAKE RADIATOR CAP OFF ADD MORE COOLANT TO RADIATOR.PUT CAP BACK ON.CRANK UP THE ENGINE.LET IT IDLE FEEL TOP RADIATOR HOSE.WHEN IT STARTING TO GET WARM THERMOSTAT OPENING UP.STOP ENGINE AGAIN.LET IT COOL DOWN SO YOU WONT GET SCALDED.OPEN THE CAP A LITTLE BIT AT TIME.WHEN ENGINE COOL DOWN ENOUGH OPEN RADIATOR CAP ADD MORE COOLANT.DO THIS PROCEDURE UNTIL YOUR COOLANT LEVEL IN RADIATOR STOP DROPPING.THEN YOU WILL HAVE RIGHT AMOUNT COOLANT IN SYSTEM AND ALL AIR IS OUT.BECAREFUL WHEN TAKING RADIATOR CAP OFF.LET ENGINE COOL DOWN.WAIT 30 MINUTES .USE A LARGE RAG.OPEN THE CAP A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME LET OFF PRESSURE.THAT WAY YOU WONT GET SCALDED.DONT TAKE CAP OFF REAL FAST.LET PRESSURE BLEED OFF UNTIL YOU DONT HEAR A HISSING NOISE.LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES.
SOURCE: I have bought a 99 land rover discovery and it has
Can your head gasket be blown? Only the combustion can have such high pressure.
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