16-09-2013, 08:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-09-2013, 08:29 PM by londondan86.)
That was a troll........almost but it is dead 
The drive down to combe all went well, I parked it up on the stand saturday morning no problem then went to satrt it at the end of the day, some electrical issues prevented it starting even from a jump from ginge. After it was pushed from some of you (thanks by the way, lol) it started and the water level was bubbling away with the revs, not good.
I set off for home planning a slow and careful journey but as soon as I left the site the temp just started going crazy as did most of the gauges (this was all linked to the same electrical problem). I parked up and discovered that all of te coolant had left the engine bay through the rad cap, not good again. So I called for recovery While waiting for the AA I discovered a looses earth strap to the gearbox which solved all of the electrical problems but as the recovery truck was on the way I thought it best just to get it home without causing further damage.
Sunday, fitted the matrix hoses (thanks Piggy) and bled the system, all seemed good, got it up to temp, no pressure in the system.
Today, drove to work, temp barely got to 80*, nice and warm in the car, all good again! 5 o'clock came and I started to drive home, within minutes the temp was at 90* and rising! Pulled over to discover that it had found a new leak on one of the hoses by the block, queue the AA again. Got home and refilled the system and took it for a drive, temp stayed below 80 again but when I got home there was steam coming from under the bonnet, it had found itself another weak point on one of the hoses coming from the rad. The top rad hose was harder to squeeze than a pair of nuns tits. HG gone! No oil in water or water in oil but defo hg!
So, plan is to fix the estate this weekend (gearbox exploded) and source another dt engine and do it properly. I've just ordered victor reinz head gasket set and I'm going ahead with a set of forged rods I've been quoted £850 for and going for a full rebuild.
Love this picture!
The drive down to combe all went well, I parked it up on the stand saturday morning no problem then went to satrt it at the end of the day, some electrical issues prevented it starting even from a jump from ginge. After it was pushed from some of you (thanks by the way, lol) it started and the water level was bubbling away with the revs, not good.
I set off for home planning a slow and careful journey but as soon as I left the site the temp just started going crazy as did most of the gauges (this was all linked to the same electrical problem). I parked up and discovered that all of te coolant had left the engine bay through the rad cap, not good again. So I called for recovery
While waiting for the AA I discovered a looses earth strap to the gearbox which solved all of the electrical problems but as the recovery truck was on the way I thought it best just to get it home without causing further damage.Sunday, fitted the matrix hoses (thanks Piggy) and bled the system, all seemed good, got it up to temp, no pressure in the system.
Today, drove to work, temp barely got to 80*, nice and warm in the car, all good again! 5 o'clock came and I started to drive home, within minutes the temp was at 90* and rising! Pulled over to discover that it had found a new leak on one of the hoses by the block, queue the AA again. Got home and refilled the system and took it for a drive, temp stayed below 80 again but when I got home there was steam coming from under the bonnet, it had found itself another weak point on one of the hoses coming from the rad. The top rad hose was harder to squeeze than a pair of nuns tits. HG gone! No oil in water or water in oil but defo hg!
So, plan is to fix the estate this weekend (gearbox exploded) and source another dt engine and do it properly. I've just ordered victor reinz head gasket set and I'm going ahead with a set of forged rods I've been quoted £850 for and going for a full rebuild.
Love this picture!