Sold Range Rover P45? - it's hot.

[blackboilersuit]

Back in my landrover owning days I read an article in one of the magazines about a garage owner having one of these with a liner issue. Economic write off in other words. He managed to "fix" it with k-seal and ran it for several months before selling it on. The new owner got it £cheap and knew the story with the engine and 18 months later it was still running. He applied the k-seal in the following way IIRC. Drain coolant, disconnect top hose and dump 2 bottles of k-seal into the hose so it goes straight into the block and it's not sitting in the expansion tank doing SFA. Fill up coolant and bleed. Run the car at idle for a whole hour with the cap off the expansion tank so no pressure builds in the system. Fit expansion tank cap and cross fingers. Got to be worth giving a go??

[drum]

It's had these down its gullet although I didn't drain the coolant first.

[blackboilersuit]

I think the garage chap believed the secret to his success was to leave it idling with the cap off long enough to let the k-seal do it's job without coolant pressure blowing it out from where it was needed. I think he let it fully cool down afterwards too to let the "magic" set before risking running with pressure in the system. Even with the steam escape you should have loads of sealer left in your system. I'd try leaving it idling for an hour with the cap off then let it cool fully and try another test drive. Other than the £10 in fuel it'll probably chew through idling for an hour it won't cost you anything.

[Lord Sterling]

More pics.

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Your 2 pictures look like scenes from 'Essex Boys'

 

I hope you can get it fixed, or at least sold.

[drum]

And it's sold. Stuck it on Facebook for 600 and a local came and bought it.

 

He's coming back with a trailer next week.

[richardthestag]

thank the Lord for that!

 

would have been an epic drive otherwise

[dollywobbler]

Can't be a bad result. Bought the most dangerous car in the world at auction, meddled about with it, down about £100, sold without much hassle. 

[dave21478]

Can't be a bad result. Bought the most dangerous car in the world at auction, meddled about with it, down about £100, sold without much hassle. 

 

Thats basically a profit by Autoshite logic. Win.

[drum]

The 109 has come out to play. Enough of these moderns for now.

 

 

Move over Rover, let Brian take over.

[Supernaut]

Oooh, thread for that 109 please! That looks lovely.

[drum]

I had a thread about Brian and my other LRs but photofucket fucked it.

 

There is a wee vid about him though.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XAckJkrKyrY