Weldy
Well-Known Member
howdy doo..
I will start by saying that I'm open to all insults and degrading comments on how stupid I must be! But I've learned a valuable lesson today and it may prevent other newbies or thick people like myself from doing what i am about to explain!!!
Let me begin.
D1 3.9 efi over heating problem..
I havnt owned the vehicle for long but it hasn't taken me much time to realise it's had its head kicked in for most of its life, it's been abused as much as Daniela westbrooks nose!! The D1 is rotting and falling to bits also,, anyhoo
The temp kept creeping up from time to time under load going to 2 3rds of the way on the guage,but it never hit the critical "throw your engine in the scrap pile" reading.. did have it boiling over and a canny bit steam out of the expansion tank!! I let it cool.. lost half a litre of coolant, topped it up and in my way again .. so!!! In total panic, changed water pump, stat &flushed system, topped up on pure good quality anti freeze got all air locks out and that was me thinking I'm a fekin genius and it's all sorted!! If I was flexible enough I would have gave myself a pat on the back!!
Anyhoo,, had it running this afternoon ticking over while I was watching adult movies on tinterweb. This is when I realised the expansion tank looked like it was going to do a Chernobyl and blow its self to bits.. again, let it cool and thought about getting extremely drunk and drowning my sorrows!!
Anyway back to it,,, this is where you tell me if I'm stupid, thick, ignorant or naive .. or anything else you can think of!! I found this.. I'm going to attach some picks,, god know how you do it. Like I said, I'm as thick as two freelander owners combined!
What I found is my radiator was thick of rock hard mud. Also the aircon madoobee in front of it... so after a few minutes i had a eureka moment Amd i realised that dry mud stops airflow.. I knew that because i used to eat mud as a kid and when it dryed up my nose I couldn't breath!!!
So what am I ? Genius? Fool? Or just learning? All answers welcome
Kind regards weldy
I will start by saying that I'm open to all insults and degrading comments on how stupid I must be! But I've learned a valuable lesson today and it may prevent other newbies or thick people like myself from doing what i am about to explain!!!
Let me begin.
D1 3.9 efi over heating problem..
I havnt owned the vehicle for long but it hasn't taken me much time to realise it's had its head kicked in for most of its life, it's been abused as much as Daniela westbrooks nose!! The D1 is rotting and falling to bits also,, anyhoo
The temp kept creeping up from time to time under load going to 2 3rds of the way on the guage,but it never hit the critical "throw your engine in the scrap pile" reading.. did have it boiling over and a canny bit steam out of the expansion tank!! I let it cool.. lost half a litre of coolant, topped it up and in my way again .. so!!! In total panic, changed water pump, stat &flushed system, topped up on pure good quality anti freeze got all air locks out and that was me thinking I'm a fekin genius and it's all sorted!! If I was flexible enough I would have gave myself a pat on the back!!
Anyhoo,, had it running this afternoon ticking over while I was watching adult movies on tinterweb. This is when I realised the expansion tank looked like it was going to do a Chernobyl and blow its self to bits.. again, let it cool and thought about getting extremely drunk and drowning my sorrows!!
Anyway back to it,,, this is where you tell me if I'm stupid, thick, ignorant or naive .. or anything else you can think of!! I found this.. I'm going to attach some picks,, god know how you do it. Like I said, I'm as thick as two freelander owners combined!
What I found is my radiator was thick of rock hard mud. Also the aircon madoobee in front of it... so after a few minutes i had a eureka moment Amd i realised that dry mud stops airflow.. I knew that because i used to eat mud as a kid and when it dryed up my nose I couldn't breath!!!
So what am I ? Genius? Fool? Or just learning? All answers welcome
Kind regards weldy
