LandRover Knackered?

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Wed 10 Nov 2004 12:04
LandRover Knackered? - Marcos{P}
A girl at work has a Landrover Freelander and this morning she parked up and oil was coming out by the front wheel. She thought it was brake fluid but when I opened the bonnet the oil has come from the expansion tank and is everywhere. I took the oil filler cap off and there is a mayonaise type deposit all over the cap with water. I'm no mechanic but it looks like the head gasket has gone big time. I think it's an old K-Series Rover engine and I seem to recall that the head gaskets can't be changed, is this right and if so will she need a new engine.

BTW It's a k reg petrol
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Wed 10 Nov 2004 12:39
LandRover Knackered? - Godfrey H {P}
Yup pound to a penny it's the well known head gasket problem. Can be expensive to fix as a new head may be required due to the old one being porous. If the old head is not porous it may need skimming. Think in terms of £500+!
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Wed 10 Nov 2004 13:05
LandRover Knackered? - derek
yep nailed on that one.

put my house on it

my sis in laws freelander has been at the maindealer for a month now
while they argue with land rover assistance
hers is a v6 . its a travesty how they are allowed to sell these

the eu will look into eccles cakes not being made in eccles and yet l/r turn out this crock of XXXXX week after week and get away with it is beyond me.
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