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Raddy



Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
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Guernsey 2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Rimini Red
Td5 white smoke in morning/coolant loss
First off, hi there! New to the forum and defenders!

My dads an avid user of the disco4 forum and pointed me this way.

Picked up my new 2006 90 TD5 Silver Edition from the garage on Friday, noticed some thick white smoke from the exhaust on leaving the garage but it cleared down the road and and it was great on test drive so I thought nothing of it, as it had just been cleanes and had been on the forecourt a while.

Noticed over the weekend, after temperature gauge went crazy, there was no coolant. A little annoyed to say the least that they sold me the car with no coolant but filled it up and carried on.

Noticed yesterday morning it had dropped again so filled it up, no problem all day.

Started the car this morning to a cloud of white smoke, cleared again after about half a mile and a few blips of the throttle and it was clear again but checked the water when I got in from work and the coolant had gone down a fair amount.

Searches on google have pointed towards possible head gasket trouble but any ideas?

Safe to say, the garage are going to have a pretty irritated customer on their hands whatever it is..
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LandRoverAnorak



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A failed head gasket would seem to be the obvious conclusion. Darren

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Raddy



Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
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Yeah, that's what I was hoping it wasn't.

The smoke clears fairly soon and it only does it the first time I start it, and not every day.

Going to have to go down and have words with the garage I think, hopefully they get it looked at without any fuss.
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johnnyd



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Did you get some warranty with it, I feel the garage must have known it had a dodgy head gasket Mad

JD 2008 TDCi 2.4 XS CSW
Post #260123 20th Aug 2013 6:04pm
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Raddy



Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
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Yeah I reckon they must know something was up.

Going to take it down tomorrow I think, plus I'm from Guernsey which is very, very small and where word gets around fast, so hopefully they are more than willing to help!

Just a little disappointing that I'm having problems with the new (all be it quite expensive) toy already!
Post #260124 20th Aug 2013 6:13pm
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johnnyd



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If its any consolation, i had mine 2 weeks before the prop shaft snapped and i was stranded 150 miles from home Big Cry
It is a lot older than yours though Laughing

Good Luck

JD 2008 TDCi 2.4 XS CSW
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Raddy



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Ah well that's no good!

I live about a minute down the road from the garage so not quite as bad a situation!

Thanks!
Post #260129 20th Aug 2013 6:28pm
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Raddy



Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
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Turned out to that head gasket had gone and there was a cracked/warped cylinder head too, not great!

The garage didn't want to fork out that sort of money so have now (kindly, i think) reversed the deal. In a week I have gone from being the proud new owner of a 'nice' td5 90 to driving about in my old golf. Probably for the best though!

So my question is now more, where would you guys recommend looking for a decent second hand 90?
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landy andy



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Really really sorry to read this. But not a terrible result I hope.

Best place is the for sale adds on here, or nene overland. Yes they charge but they will look after you should it go wrong.

Andy
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