Land Rover Overheating
Watch jim as he reviews many of the common signs of an overheating engine.
Land rover overheating. While there are a variety of reasons your land rover discovery is overheating the most common 3 are a coolant leak water pump radiator hose etc the radiator fan or a failed thermostat. If you notice that the temperature gauge is steadily approaching the red zone it is critical that you cease driving your land rover until the issue has been properly fixed. Land rover manhattan in new york ny treats the needs of each individual customer with paramount concern. In short land rover is the company and range rover.
Page 1 of 3 1. Inspect the water pump making sure there is no play in the shaft. Welcome to land rover manhattan. You can test it by warming it in a pan of water on the stove and see what temperature it opens.
The temp gauge will go all the way past hot. We know that you have high expectations and as a car dealer we enjoy the challenge of meeting and exceeding those standards each and every time. Land rover cars including the lr2 freelander 2 and the lr3 discovery 3 are maked with land rover simply because they are different models. Forums technical discussions lr3 overheating problems discussion in lr3 started by maricarmen sep 8 2005.
Jim also provides an explanation of how to address an overheating engine. Remove the engine thermostat and see if it is stuck half open. It should open fully at around 1850f. Overheating ive owned a 2002 freelander for about a year now.
The only solution involves engine replacement except that no replacement engines are available due to the producers default. This condition according to the land rover dealership cannot be corrected. Solutions for engine overheating in range rovers and land rovers. Land rover and range rover forums.
And i just started to have this same problem. Engine overheating and eventual seizure as a result of coolant loss through cracked cylinder sleeves.