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Drizz · Sep 29, 2013

Been an expensive week but I love it tbh

Co-Pang-Yang · Sep 29, 2013

Well cracking day out at Essex Off Road, even better I made it home under my own power for once.
Was a nice collection of trucks down there today, think i'll be there to watch the punch hunt in November.

djguy · Sep 30, 2013

Chris, that'll make Jon dirt newbie angry! That truck had never seen so much mud!!

Co-Pang-Yang · Oct 1, 2013

Ha ha I know, he should have know that when he sold it to me.

djguy · Oct 3, 2013

Ok I have a problem! Lol ... I lost a load of water a few months ago out of the egr sensor plug thing that sits on top of the engine - so that got replaced topped up the water and bled the system and everything was fine. . Done a few miles here there and everywhere! And yesterday drove it 30 miles on dual carriageway and had no heating, engine temp was sitting in middle, it was on the way home I noticed the engine temp rising, so so I stopped and went to add some water and noticed there was water around the filler cap (maybe I need a new one) or could it be a broken thermostat not letting water through so it's causing back pressure and making filler cap valve leak. . Head gasket is ok - what should I do first!

Drizz · Oct 3, 2013

Exactly the same symptoms as my old one. We thought air lock, tried bleeding it loads of times and nothing. It was the head gasket

djguy · Oct 3, 2013

Drizz said:
Exactly the same symptoms as my old one. We thought air lock, tried bleeding it loads of times and nothing. It was the head gasket

Fantastic news lol

djguy · Oct 3, 2013

I have read that a closed/blocked thermostat would cause back pressure of steam and so consequently water loss, think I'm gonna take thermostat out (and freeze in the winter months)

666 george · Oct 3, 2013

I just had the same with mine. Fitted Dan's 300 engine, new water pump, heater matrix & thermostat but was still over heating.
I'd get a sniff test done or check you don't have air bubbles blowing out your header tank before you start pulling it apart.
I replaced everything on mine, even the head gasket just to make sure but I was lucky mine turned out to be I used the 200 rad but it didn't like it, new rad & it sorted it.

Do the cheap things first

wickford90 · Oct 3, 2013

Drizz said:
Exactly the same symptoms as my old one. We thought air lock, tried bleeding it loads of times and nothing. It was the head gasket

Break it to him gently,why dont you.

666 george · Oct 3, 2013

wickford90 said:
Break it to him gently,why dont you.

He did. lol

It's F**KED buy a new engine.

Brian S · Oct 3, 2013

He rang me earlier and I explained how to test a thermostat and apparently it doesn't open in a pot of boiling water so that may be the answer.

Fingers crossed.

Co-Pang-Yang · Oct 3, 2013

More amazing still is I haven't blown the head gasket yet. Usually standard disaster within a couple of weeks of ownership.

Brian S · Oct 3, 2013

No chance there mate, Mikey changed it, now it will last at least another 100'000 miles.

666 george · Oct 3, 2013

Brian S said:
No chance there mate, Mikey changed it, now it will last at least another 100'000 miles.

What, touch it, break it Copping. I don't think so

djguy · Oct 3, 2013

666 george said:
I just had the same with mine. Fitted Dan's 300 engine, new water pump, heater matrix & thermostat but was still over heating.
I'd get a sniff test done or check you don't have air bubbles blowing out your header tank before you start pulling it apart.
I replaced everything on mine, even the head gasket just to make sure but I was lucky mine turned out to be I used the 200 rad but it didn't like it, new rad & it sorted it.

Do the cheap things first

My mate tested the head gasket today that's all ok

new thermostat fitted but still no hot air, so now I'm gonna change the water pump can hear the bearings in there rattling around! (Still doesn't explain where my waters been going)

666 george · Oct 3, 2013

You may want to do the P gasket at the same time. Just have to take the rest of the casing off.

Thor1950 · Oct 3, 2013

djguy said:
My mate tested the head gasket today that's all ok new thermostat fitted but still no hot air, so now I'm gonna change the water pump can hear the bearings in there rattling around! (Still doesn't explain where my waters been going)

how was head gasket tested??

djguy · Oct 3, 2013

Thor1950 said:
how was head gasket tested??

He put some blue stuff in a big test tube and wedged it in to the header tank and pumped it (it looked kinda sexual) but apparently it checks for ex hurst gasses in the water or something! Lol

djguy · Oct 3, 2013

666 george said:
You may want to do the P gasket at the same time. Just have to take the rest of the casing off.

Yeah I'm gonna get one there only a few £

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