Blown head gasket?? - Land Rovers Only

sailtom · 09-02-2007, 11:50 AM

My '97 Disco is overheating but not visibly leaking coolant anywhere. There does not appear to be coolant in the oil either, which is good. I am getting a bit of a thumping sound out of the tailpipe at idle and the smoke (steam?) is white. I am also hearing what sounds like a lifter tapping. Engine has 167,000 miles on it and I bought it about 6 month ago with a considerable water pump leak and replaced that right away. I am thinking that it is time to tear into the engine and do a whole gasket set. Also, I am quite sure that I have a freeze plug leaking (which seemed to be fixed when I ran a cooling system stop leak a couple of months ago.
Anybody got any suggestions?

Tom

09-02-2007, 11:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
sailtom Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 22 Gallery: 0	Blown head gasket?? My '97 Disco is overheating but not visibly leaking coolant anywhere. There does not appear to be coolant in the oil either, which is good. I am getting a bit of a thumping sound out of the tailpipe at idle and the smoke (steam?) is white. I am also hearing what sounds like a lifter tapping. Engine has 167,000 miles on it and I bought it about 6 month ago with a considerable water pump leak and replaced that right away. I am thinking that it is time to tear into the engine and do a whole gasket set. Also, I am quite sure that I have a freeze plug leaking (which seemed to be fixed when I ran a cooling system stop leak a couple of months ago. Anybody got any suggestions? Tom

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