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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    I've pumped the tool by itself, will keep an eye on it. Finished reassembling, started up and seems to be running okay. No leaks so far. It did start to overheat after about 10 minutes, but I was expecting that because I haven't refilled the coolant properly yet. Will try tomorrow and see how...
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    20 minutes later and it's holding at around 14 psi. Maybe a very small variance from where it was at the start
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    Found a leak, water pump hose clamp. Tightened and pressurised to 14 psi again, fingers crossed.
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    Nearly 3 hours later, the pressure is down to 6 psi. Seems I've got some more digging to do
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    I've reassembled everything that's in the cooling circuit and pressurised to 15 psi. First attempt sent water everywhere because I didn't tighten a hose clamp properly. I've left it to dry and set the pressure at 15psi again, how long should the system hold this pressure before it starts to...
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    It has mostly gone well. New gasket is on and manifold is in place, with 11 out of 12 bolts in. The last bolt (5 in the tightening diagram, one before the left rear) is cross threaded, so it's become a pain. I didn't force it any further, it's a problem for tomorrow. It's got the fuel rail next...
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    Cheers, I'll have a go at that. And it's 17NM for the seal clamp bolts, right?
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    Remind me before I fit this new valley gasket: 1. Do I need to use RTV around the intake ports or just the coolant ports 2. Do I need any RTV on the rubber seals Thanks
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    I'm sure the pipe from the radiator to the expansion is correct because I can blow through it and hear bubbles, hopefully that means the other pipe is in the right place too
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    Ah I was hoping to leave the fan alone. Someone before me has nicely butchered the nut on it
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    It was a bit rusty coloured at first, then eventually ran clear. I'll take the rad off tomorrow - is it a pain to get out?
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    Perhaps tomorrow I'll remove the rad completely and try and give it a good blasting. Any ideas what this noise in the video could be? It might be a red herring, but I didn't hear it before the strip down
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    I broke my bucket :( This is the flow out of the drain plug with the hose in the top pipe - I couldn't turn the pressure up very high because it would just blow back out the top. I gave the bleed pipe a good blow from the rad side, and I could hear the bubbles in the expansion tank
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    To the best of my knowledge, it was good before I stripped everything down I will try this now.
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    [P38] Exhaust gases in coolant

    This is what comes out of the bleed pipe with the engine running and when revving: It starts with a steady spill when idling, then as I rev it seems to increase to a steady stream before stopping altogether. I am not sure, should I undo the drain plug and stick a hose in the top pipe?