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Cracked head? K seal?
BeJay:
--- Quote from: Les Henson on May 14, 2008, 07:48:50 ---Ceramic motor seal is more likely to fix it - that's what it's designed for. I used it on a 4.6 V8 with success.
Les.
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this is pretty good stuff, but be careful if you decide to try it out as it is NOT compatible with antifreeze, you will need to make sure you have drained all the antifreeze out fist and just use plain water for the application, then allow it to completely dry out before refilling with antifreeze mixture, check out this link
marky:
Thanks for all the helpfull replies so far. I went to my local motor factors this afternoon (AT Johnsons) and it was out of stock, but they will have some for me tomorrow. If the K seal doesn't work i will probably try the ceramic motor seal next, as thats all I can afford for a while! I'll keep you posted
SteveGoodz:
Marky,
I cooked my engine on Sunday (see separate thread) and am having the same symptoms as you. On a run to Stoke from Bristol today it got there okay cruising at motorway speeds but on the way back the temp gauge went through the roof ~ almost dry expansion tank. Topped up and limped home at truck speed and it was almost empty again.
I bought some K-seal on eBay and it was delivered today ~ will be going into engine tomorrow so we can compare notes :lol:
marky:
Got some k-seal yesterday and put it straight in and topped up with water, took it out to see and was into the red within 3 minutes, let it cool a bit and went a bit further, let it cool again and limped home! Went and got another bottle today and tried agan but with the same results as yesterday. The truck didn't want to start though this morning and gave a little pop before firing up. When I got home there was coolant coming out of the expansion top and i noticed a few drops of water had formed on the passenger side mat, so I looked a bit more and the foam behind the circuler cut out in the footwell was wet. Could this be pointing towards a blockage or air lock in the matrix perhaps, or is it more likely to be a serious head / gasket problem, all three or even worse?
lurch_917:
high mark ive just had the same prolem and i thought it was the head gasket but no water in the oil ???? lifted the head off and found my head gasket was shoot and as for k seal my dad put it in his volvo and instead of blowing a seal or gasket it blew a hole the size of a 10p in the block not good
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