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P38A Diesel Head gasket again
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tomcat59alan
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How many M51 engined RR's have you actually owned Enery?Never!!!
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
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tomcat59alan
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Don't knock it until you've owned one.Driven a few.
Fixed a Few.
Bought a V8
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
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Don't knock it until you've owned one.
I did test drive a few.
No Power!!
So bought a D2 instead
A mapped M51 might be good
tomcat59alan
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Oh yes it is,I did test drive a few.
No Power!!
So bought a D2 instead
A mapped M51 might be good
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On a 30 mph road with the engine revving , a bad viscous , would let temp climb,
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just completed a 50 mile journey home, 50% motorway and 50% A6 . kept speed down to 50mph. needle never moved. allowed to cool, no pressure and no loss of water . I noticed a weep last week and replaced the clip and topped up water. I can only assume that I topped up on top of an airlock.
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Fingers kept crossed!!
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And toesFingers kept crossed!!
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Thanks !
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Your welcome been there got the t shirt. I screwed up big time and had to replace engine so feel for you
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If it has a small crack it might take some heat to open it up which means booting it!
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That can happen if you have a leak from the C shaped pipe feeding the heater system. It creates an airlock in the head.
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thanks, will need to keep a close eye on it for a while.
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hi all, symptoms re occured this am taking my son 3 miles for an interview. temp does not go into red but stays at high white mark. after cooldown, I re stated at home and allowed to tickover with cap off till just below normal running temp. no water coming out of small tube from radiator. blew through with compressd air so not blocked. water spitting out of rad connection but not enough pressure to make it to header tank. if I squeeze rad pipe nearest to header tank small air bubbles come out of bleed hole. Does not go into red just rises then falls back to normal. am I missing something obvious? TIA Mick
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Is rad hot all over? Have you checked your viscous fan?
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rad is hot on passenger side, cooler on drivers side not checked fan yet. will do newspaper test,(need to go and buy a paper)
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Is that top to bottom?
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Across the top but will check top to bottom this afternoon
