coolant silly question

springershotgun · Jun 6, 2014

Hi,

Thought I would burn away the time whilst waiting for the recovery guys to turn up. 97 p38 4.0.
running fine until 2 days ago. Normally temp gauge is in first white line but then went to half way. Today went over, pulled over coolant from overflow nozzle on floor but did not blow header tank cap off.
stupidly did not check coolant 2 days ago and now nothing in header tank. No yellow gunk in oil and no leaks or burst pipes. Could it be something serious or have i just been a plonker and not monitored the coolant level?

Thanks and mickey taking welcome.

Stufer · Jun 6, 2014

springershotgun said:
Hi,

Thought I would burn away the time whilst waiting for the recovery guys to turn up. 97 p38 4.0.
running fine until 2 days ago. Normally temp gauge is in first white line but then went to half way. Today went over, pulled over coolant from overflow nozzle on floor but did not blow header tank cap off.
stupidly did not check coolant 2 days ago and now nothing in header tank. No yellow gunk in oil and no leaks or burst pipes. Could it be something serious or have i just been a plonker and not monitored the coolant level?

Thanks and mickey taking welcome.

Did you notice if the top rad hose was hard during overheat?

springershotgun · Jun 6, 2014

Seems like its head gasket. Spitting out water from exhaust. Joined exhaust system so no idea whereabouts. Any ideas????

stopover · Jun 6, 2014

Fill her up with water (coolant) run her up and see it the water pipe to radiator is rock hard, should be able to press it a bit.
Next compresssion check, look at spark plugs for any whetting. If you do the heads do both and whilst off look at the condition of the camshaft V8s eat them.

springershotgun · Jun 6, 2014

Thanks for the advice, will see how good the mechanic is and whether he can do it without remortgaging the house. How much would a job like that cost?

wammers · Jun 7, 2014

stopover said:
Fill her up with water (coolant) run her up and see it the water pipe to radiator is rock hard, should be able to press it a bit.
Next compresssion check, look at spark plugs for any whetting. If you do the heads do both and whilst off look at the condition of the camshaft V8s eat them.

Plugs that have water ingress will be clean not necessarily wet. Why would anybody sharpen the plugs?

jipph1 · Jun 11, 2014

take it to a garage and get a hydro carbons test basically stick a sniffer in the header tank if you got hydro carbons its a head gasket slipped liner or cracked block all cause unexplained water loss and over heating

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