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[deanicuss]

Hi new to this forum! i have a 1996 jeep cherokee 2.5td sport,the problem i have is i top the water up and when i shut the engine off i hear a suck noise and the water dissapears down into the bottle not sure how far down but it does seem to bubble a bit when the jeep is ticking over is this normal? or is it the headgasket on the way out? also its a bitch to start when cold after its been started it fires straight away and all the heaters work fine there is no white in the oil etc,etc any help is appreciated thanks guys!!

[Mike Pavelin]

Sadly, it's more than likely one or more cracked cylinder heads.

[deanicuss]

Thanks for the reply mate! Would it still run smooth if one or more was cracked? Also I have one injector leaking don't know if that would have anything to do with it?

[Bubba]

quite possibly for a while

[Green Jeep]

You could try that 'miracle' liquid metal repair stuff, has been known to make engines last a little longer... sadly the 2.5 TD Cherokee engine is well known for head problems.

Good luck, Maf

[Dave69]

take the water gallery off that feeds all the heads  and start the engine, bubbles will show which head is knackered.

K-seal £10 a bottle roughly, might stop the problem but it does all depend on how bad the failure is

[tim_aka_tim]

Yep, K-seal. If that don't work, push it in the canal.

[Bubba]

a canal full of k seal should sort it

[tim_aka_tim]

I think we should start a sticky of stupidest answers in tech. It would be hilarious.

We could have this one.....

Q. How do I fix a cracked head on my 2.5TD?

A. Drive it into a canal full of K-Seal.

or

Q. MY ZJ has a clunk from a front wheel.

Answer 1 - Wear a studded PVC thong.

Answer 2 - There is definately something wrong.

Answer 3 - Go and masturbate in a Welsh church.

[Bulldog67]

I may be on that list 

[Bubba]

this could be fun

[Mike Pavelin]

And the stupid answers are....?

[wildrover]

I bought a 2.5 diesal cherokee in the UK that turned out to have the cracked head problem..chucked two bottles of steel seal in it..drove it to Poland , no problem... done thousands of miles since then , including trips to Russia and Ukraine...

its not cheap..but it works..