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Broke down today
Lyndsey731:
Gareth, I hope it was nothing more than an air lock as it has settled down, being the suspicious type though it looks to me like someone has tried everything to fix an overheating problem and not suceeded, hope i'm wrong mate.
Gav
chris.hunt22:
Just to see if its the matrix....it's a bit sick but touch the wet bit of your carpet, if it tastes sweet its antifreeze, might not nessecarily be the matrix itself but you know its getting in the car somehow, mine started losing about a litre a week (about 50 miles or so), I kept topping it up then noticed the carpets were sodden, was getting worried when I could see steam rising around my steering column, I have blanked the pipes off for now until I have the time to do it
cardiff_gareth:
--- Quote from: "Lyndsey731" ---Gareth, I hope it was nothing more than an air lock as it has settled down, being the suspicious type though it looks to me like someone has tried everything to fix an overheating problem and not suceeded, hope i'm wrong mate.
Gav
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I know what you mean, it's had a lot of work done to the engine and all to do with the cooling system, saying that it does have a new vacuum pump as well. I located the previous owners address last night so going to pay him a visit later today to say 'hi, remember this' :lol:
Might get to the bottom of the riddle.
It's weird its running fine now and coolent level is still ok.
--- Quote from: "chris.hunt22" ---Just to see if its the matrix....it's a bit sick but touch the wet bit of your carpet, if it tastes sweet its antifreeze, might not nessecarily be the matrix itself but you know its getting in the car somehow, mine started losing about a litre a week (about 50 miles or so), I kept topping it up then noticed the carpets were sodden, was getting worried when I could see steam rising around my steering column, I have blanked the pipes off for now until I have the time to do it
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I'll lick my carpets tonight :lol: :lol:
Just hope that it was a random air lock and nothing more serious, i'd prefer a dodgy heater matrix to a new head gasket :?
cardiff_gareth:
well I decided to check the log book for the previous owner and pay them a visit to find out why all the engine work. Turned up there and the guy was like 'I recognise that :shock: '
Got chatting to him and it appears that he bought it for his building business, to cart stuff around too and fro. The guy said he has spend near on £2000 on getting the engine rebuild. He overheated it and warped the head so its had a new cylinder head, new head gasket, new pistons + rings, new radiator, new thermostat and new cambelt. All done 6k miles ago. Spending all that money on it I can't see it being the head gasket :?: if so, he got ripped off :!:
I checked the water level again today and its not budged, tried the bubble test on the expansion tank and that came back with no bubbles, even with light revving. Did it yesterday as well but did it again for my own peice of mind.
Best thing about it is that he still has the FSH for it so I'm picking it up 2moro or Satuday, sweet \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/
Oh and fitted the new colways today, 245/70R16's. Looks good and handles much better, cornering was weird as I nearly went up the curb as I now need to steer more :lol:
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