Gushing sound

[tonking]

There is a gushing sound (like running water) coming from the dashboard of my 2001 Disco SE7 whenever I accelerate. Has anybody had this problem?

 

[joey]

Your low on anti-freeze.

 

[tonking]

Thanks Joey.

 

[Brownie92]

Joey is absolutey right, however in my case it was a little more complicated than that. You probably have a small leak some where in the cooling system, so when the system is cooling off after you dirve it is sucking in air through the leak. This air alway s seems to get traped in the heater core under the dash. I was able to get rid of it by unhooking the heater hoses (the one that run from the enigine to the firewall) and then hooking a garden hose to the lower heater hose by using a hose barb that fit onto the garden hose. (these are available at home depot as a replacement end) Then turn the water on slowly and flush the air out of the core. then reconnect the heater hoses as quickly as possible to keep the core full. I haven't had a problem since, ( I never did find the leak, hopefully it's not into the cylinder). It just seems like for some reason the air traps in the heater core and it is a pain to get out. You could have the system flushed by a shop but I was afraid a pressure flush would make my leak worse.

 

[tonking]

Thanks for the info. I actually had the systen flushed by the dealer 2 years ago. Would you think there is a leak in the system? Thanks again.

 

[joey]

If it says Land Rover on the vehicle it leaks a little bit of everything or it is empty.