[msbrover]

my landrover discovery 2 over heated, notice white smoke from the exhaust but the temp was normal, a few minutes later the temp gauge shot up. there is no antifreeze left in the reservoir ..... I checked the oil it looks normal , what could this be??????

 

[helievacpilot]

my landrover discovery 2 over heated, notice white smoke from the exhaust but the temp was normal, a few minutes later the temp gauge shot up. there is no antifreeze left in the reservoir ..... I checked the oil it looks normal , what could this be??????

You've blown a head gasket. Did you shut it off immediately when it overheated?

 

[msbrover]

yes
I shut it off as soon as a notice it

 

[msbrover]

You've blown a head gasket. Did you shut it off immediately when it overheated?[/QUOT:


:confused how did that happen.....

 

[helievacpilot]

You've blown a head gasket. Did you shut it off immediately when it overheated?[/QUOT:


:confused how did that happen.....

Could have been many things. Not a uncommon occurrence. Best case is just a garden variety gasket failure. Not so best cases would be a slipped liner or cracked block. But based on how quickly it happened, I'm betting on the gasket failure. My son's 1994 Honda Civic with only 80k miles blew a head gasket in EXACTLY the same way you described. When I pulled the head, the gasket was basically dissolving.