Hi all, My 4.0 GEMS has LPG installed and runs on it fine. However, if you've seen my previous thread (Still losing water) I've run the car tonight for about 40 miles on petrol only and don't seem to have the same issue. I've had a look at my setup and I've come up with a query and a possible...

I'll give it a go. What's the purpose of the hole? To allow a trickle through even if the 'stat isn't open?

Tickover lots better. I've swapped the thermpostat back to the old one (couldn't see a hole in either mind), refilled it as per RAVE and if I had to burp it anymore I'd have put it over me shoulder and read it a bedtime story. Its cooling down now and I'll give it a look and top-up as required...

Hi all, after stripping the heads, having them skimmed and all the machine is running again, but I'm still losing a bit of water and it looks like its coming from the overflow pipe by the expansion tank cap. I've just been out and had her idling over. Squeezing the top hose to burp the system...

The old one was working but I didn't trust it. The filler nozzle was through the rear bumper on a rigid pipe (that and 2 cable ties were the only thing holding bumper in place!). I got them to remove everything. There was both a cylinder tank and a donut in the spare wheel well. Dumped the...

Did it with mine. Got the guys who I'd used before to rip out all the old and replace with new. No problems.

Yeah, did that too for the rods, I mean the actual rocker shaft. Good plan PPP38vouge, I'll see what happens over the coming week.

Latest update: heads skimmed, new gaskets fitted, everything rebuilt. No clouds. Turned the key, started but ran dog at idle. Gave it a very short run and it was still poo. Putting the HT leads onto the coil pack correctly sorted that out, but.... Its still running rough at idle. Not as bad...

I've got 6 and 12 point sockets. I never use the 12's on anything tight. Lesson learned many years ago.

Update: The heads are off and ready to go for checking/skimming. That's it? Oh, if only dear reader. The first 19 head bolts came out a treat. The LH head was off Sunday morning. Odyssey came round and we shared ownership tales of coolant loss and head gaskets. He left about lunch. This...

Yep done that too......

It is on LPG at the moment, and was (on a different system) when I bought it. Didn't pay too much attention to what was part of that install as it was old and rubbish. The main contribution it (the old system) made was having a rigid filler pipe which, along with 2 cable ties, was the only...

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Drilling done; success. Hackjob done; success. Head bolts out tomorrow all being well. Question: There's a 'T'-shaped bracket just below my EAS compressor but nothing attached to it. Normal fitting, and if so for what, or aftermarket for something else?

....and RAVE needs amending to read "remove the exhaust manifold studs, yes, really, including those 2 awkward b@$74rd5 at the very back...aha-ahahahaha-ahahahahahahaha..." All out bar 2 though. Can drill one and maybe hacksaw off the other. Oh well

Update: So the rocker covers were removed and the filth was cleaned out. I couldn't believe the amount of crap lurking in there. The breather pipes stood no chance. The little plastic xmas tree thingy - could've replaced that with a cork it was that gummed up. Anyways, valley gasket...

Oh my days! The filth.....

Wondered about that Wammers but couldn't come up with a good reason why they've mixed metric and imperial

Are rocker covers painted? Mine are shedding something that could have, once upon a time, been paint. If they're cleaned off best paint to use to make them Gucci again?