Topic: Right, this is serious!! (Read 88166 times)

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #200 on:** September 11, 2014, 03:22:03 PM »

Done some infrared as we running after 25 miles and nowt over 94 and rad reduces it by 20, altho headers are 325

Still overheated tho coz I'm impatient and chanced a stretch of motorway

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #201 on:** September 11, 2014, 03:23:51 PM »

Anyone near a local motor factors that do heat reducing exhaust header bandage?

j33pky · « **Reply #202 on:** September 11, 2014, 04:37:05 PM »

What temp is it running when it's overheating? According to your shotgun

jay140285 · « **Reply #203 on:** September 11, 2014, 10:45:57 PM »

There is a motor factors not far from ribbo

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Dave69 · « **Reply #204 on:** September 13, 2014, 03:18:38 PM »

Potentially now sorted. The trip home will be the confirmation of corrective fix.

Temp sensor relocated to top hose

daggie · « **Reply #205 on:** September 14, 2014, 05:51:58 PM »

lets hope so

JamesH · « **Reply #206 on:** September 14, 2014, 06:22:09 PM »

Fingers crossed for the test journey home tomorrow

jay140285 · « **Reply #207 on:** September 15, 2014, 08:48:51 AM »

Good look Ade

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Dave69 · « **Reply #208 on:** September 15, 2014, 06:05:05 PM »

Come on Ade, did you or didn't you?

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #209 on:** September 15, 2014, 06:32:58 PM »

Nope

Motorway was overheating still - first services req 5 litres of water

So B roads again - left at 10 am and im currently waiting for the AA in an essential garage in Denham

I have shredded 3 alternator belts on journey home

one of which wasn't fitted by me so I'm guessing I have a problem there

However I have given up as the gauge says perfect temp but the cloud of steam suggested otherwise .......

Should have fitted that rad

Sid was made up as he got to drive across 2 lanes and 100 yrs of dual carriageway while I pushed

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #210 on:** September 15, 2014, 06:40:35 PM »

And to complete my miser look what exceptionally generous dood pulled up to help and spent 30 mins with me while I changed the last belt - he even lent me his battery to get running

These lardy doods are turning out to be pretty cool

Mike Pavelin · « **Reply #211 on:** September 15, 2014, 07:13:35 PM »

Cracked block or head? Get the cooling system checked for combustion gases.

Dave69 · « **Reply #212 on:** September 15, 2014, 07:46:08 PM »

it appears that the engine doesn't have a full flow through the block, as a guess a restriction or blockage somewhere. flow is acceptable at slow speed but not at a fast pace. would be interesting to see the pressure change in the coolant at slow and fast conditions. At a guess this may be quite a difference.

only an assumption.

Mike, wouldn't a cracked block or head have been noticeable from heavy offroading at weekend, since the jeep didn't boil over?

adding of 5ltrs of water is unnerving since it was filled after hose replacment and temp sensor relocation

j33pky · « **Reply #213 on:** September 15, 2014, 09:36:41 PM »

Do you have some sort of voodoo curse on you? Feck pal you have no luck

big g · « **Reply #214 on:** September 15, 2014, 09:51:33 PM »

Get the coolant sniffed.

Sounds like a cracked head to me,hope I is wrong.

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #215 on:** September 15, 2014, 11:08:46 PM »

Some traditions never die

Man do i need a shower and some kip

wildwood · « **Reply #216 on:** September 15, 2014, 11:37:18 PM »

Feel your hurt BD just glad you feel up to doing it year on year.........but give yourself a break....
Ya got to get it sorted..........

Then.........

Trailer queen

Kinda makes you feel OK when the Red Mist descends......cos you know you can still get home....

It has taken me 16 years to reach this Merlot induced state of transcendental cosmic realisation.

Dave69 · « **Reply #217 on:** September 16, 2014, 06:37:36 AM »

try some k-seal or steel seal and see what happens. wont fix the cause but should seal any potential cracks.

jay140285 · « **Reply #218 on:** September 16, 2014, 08:23:23 AM »

Feeling for you Ade, I know the time and money you have in the truck as well as the love for it. Just hope you can sort it and get to fully enjoy it.

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Bulldog67 · « **Reply #219 on:** September 16, 2014, 03:37:23 PM »

Cheers gents, I will beat the fucker into submission

Was absolutely awesome off road - not stuck anywhere (but I missed the sheep dip out) which was v unusual for me

CJ build will get shelved for even longer until this one is beaten - next year will see me drivin there and back in the Chief guarenteed

(unless I have my horse lorry sorted by then)

Dave69 · « **Reply #220 on:** September 16, 2014, 05:50:16 PM »

got to confirm it went everywhere, especially following a little cj5, got to the point where i did think it wont do that but the chief did.

shame the cooling wasn't fully fixed and couldn't be traced without a motorway run

robsrotti · « **Reply #221 on:** September 16, 2014, 05:53:16 PM »

Ade, I think that you have got a crack in an exhaust port through to a water way in one of the heads.
The higher the speed the hotter the flow of exhaust gas.
This would open the crack more
The water gets blow out of the exhaust and not into the engine itself
Causing you to over heat

Dave69 · « **Reply #222 on:** September 16, 2014, 06:02:33 PM »

try something on the lines of this before a full strip down. downside is that it doesn't detect which bank or where.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sis.html?_nkw=Block%20Tester%20Kit%20leak%20cracked%20head%20Test%20Tools%20BT500&_itemId=300260930082

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #223 on:** September 16, 2014, 06:04:53 PM »

It does blow - and that was a developed fault so it' entirely possible the timing of that could be connected to it starting to overheat

Don't forget I had done about 900 miles of running in (approx) before it started

Dutch · « **Reply #224 on:** September 16, 2014, 07:17:18 PM »

Oh BD

Sorry to hear that the mighty chief had to be recovered again.

Sort it m8, once and for all !!!

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