Ok you guys. I've come to my LAST END. I just got in after kicking my Range Rover on the fender... I have a little Rover Overheating Story and it goes like this...
I have a 1995 LWB Range Rover and currently it has been overheating. It all began when I decided to take it up to Red River, New Mexico from Austin, Texas, and she ran beautifully without a hitch in the cooling system on the way up there and all over the ROADS in Red River (we did not go off-roading). However, upon returning home, right outside Lubbock, TX the water pump siezed- Yet my brother decided he needed to use the side of the road just as the water pump siezed, so there was no true time for it to overheat. The temp needle didn't even budge. However, the smoke from the burned belt alerted me. We stayed in Lubbock, TX for the pump to be REBUILT (because no one carried the pump), and then replaced it in the hotel parking lot (never go anywhere without a tool box :dance: ). We then began to drive it and got on the highway, and it heated up like a crazy demon, so we called the pump rebuilders and they came to the rescue with more coolant which we apparently did not replenish completely. So then we drove it home and it stayed at a little higher temp then what it had been when we were on our way up to NM. But then when we got back into town it ran great in the Texas heat for months. And then the thing started falling apart. Here are the things that are wrong with it that I think could interfere with the overheating.
Catalytic Converters are shot.
Rattling Sound in Muffler.
Other than that there is nothing but the cooling system itself that could be the problem.
NOW FOR THE WHOLE OVERHEATING CONDITION
The car would run perfectly in traffic for hours! And then all of a sudden it would begin to creep up and finally just overheat. It would never just fully burst into an overheating frenzy, it would do it most days after a good half hour of driving and then slowly creep up. It would usually begin when I turned on the A/C. So here is what we have done but it has not yet completely fixed the overheating (it has more of contained it to a higher tempature which is still alarming... but it won't let it go above this level).
We replaced the water pump with a FACTORY PUMP
Replaced the top hose, bottom hose, and all the coolant hoses.
Replaced the thermostat (put it at 12 o'clock too)
Replaced the temperature Gauge
Replaced and checked ALL THE FUSES
Made sure the electric fans are turning
The Radiator has been professionally rodded and flushed and cleaned (was 53% blocked)
There are no air bubbles in the water
The car runs great when at idle and when driving (until it overheats)
No loss of fluid at any time.
But it still over heats!!
Here is what it usually looks like on the temp gauge before it overheats to an unacceptable level:
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PLEASE HELP OR PM ME!! I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS DEMON FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS NOW
I have a 1995 LWB Range Rover and currently it has been overheating. It all began when I decided to take it up to Red River, New Mexico from Austin, Texas, and she ran beautifully without a hitch in the cooling system on the way up there and all over the ROADS in Red River (we did not go off-roading). However, upon returning home, right outside Lubbock, TX the water pump siezed- Yet my brother decided he needed to use the side of the road just as the water pump siezed, so there was no true time for it to overheat. The temp needle didn't even budge. However, the smoke from the burned belt alerted me. We stayed in Lubbock, TX for the pump to be REBUILT (because no one carried the pump), and then replaced it in the hotel parking lot (never go anywhere without a tool box :dance: ). We then began to drive it and got on the highway, and it heated up like a crazy demon, so we called the pump rebuilders and they came to the rescue with more coolant which we apparently did not replenish completely. So then we drove it home and it stayed at a little higher temp then what it had been when we were on our way up to NM. But then when we got back into town it ran great in the Texas heat for months. And then the thing started falling apart. Here are the things that are wrong with it that I think could interfere with the overheating.
Catalytic Converters are shot.
Rattling Sound in Muffler.
Other than that there is nothing but the cooling system itself that could be the problem.
NOW FOR THE WHOLE OVERHEATING CONDITION
The car would run perfectly in traffic for hours! And then all of a sudden it would begin to creep up and finally just overheat. It would never just fully burst into an overheating frenzy, it would do it most days after a good half hour of driving and then slowly creep up. It would usually begin when I turned on the A/C. So here is what we have done but it has not yet completely fixed the overheating (it has more of contained it to a higher tempature which is still alarming... but it won't let it go above this level).
We replaced the water pump with a FACTORY PUMP
Replaced the top hose, bottom hose, and all the coolant hoses.
Replaced the thermostat (put it at 12 o'clock too)
Replaced the temperature Gauge
Replaced and checked ALL THE FUSES
Made sure the electric fans are turning
The Radiator has been professionally rodded and flushed and cleaned (was 53% blocked)
There are no air bubbles in the water
The car runs great when at idle and when driving (until it overheats)
No loss of fluid at any time.
But it still over heats!!
Here is what it usually looks like on the temp gauge before it overheats to an unacceptable level:
[attachment=0:3mtdlexx]download.jpeg[/attachment:3mtdlexx]
PLEASE HELP OR PM ME!! I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS DEMON FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS NOW
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