The FOZ is poorly

The day before SSO the FOZ spat all its water into the over flow bottle after a lesurely 100mile drive. I drained the system & bled it through, thought it may have been an air lock since i'd fitted a new stat not long ago, went to SSO & clapped out 20mile from home on the way back temp gauge on the Red & no water left in it, eventually got home around 9pm. I found a small hole in the header to turbo coolant pipe which couldn't have been doing any good so changed it, also thought maybe the spring had gone on the header tank, so that it was collapsing under the slightest pressure & letting the water into the overflow, bled the system again & took it out for a very slow run out, now i'm getting smoke which smells oilly/petrol, in the overflow tank, & you can feel the air coming out of the pipe when you put you finger over it. ANy ideas, Would bring it to the meet tonight but don't want to be standed if it claps out again.

head gasket mate deffo sorry bud , if any one has a snif tester they will be able to tell strait away , or a local garage should have one , takes five mins to do test

orr no mark, gutted to hear the FOZ is poorly

deffo sounds like head gasket



it was spot on the last 3000 mile i had done in it.

the V5 engine normaly pretty reliable when it came to the head gaskets

grab a sniff test from a autostore bud it will tell you straight away or rossy will have one

gutted for you mate hope you get it sorted soon it's a mint car!

ahhh bugger, defo sounds like head gasket

Youz are really confirming what i thinking, Bastard.

if they expansion (overflow bottle) is keep filling up and not getting drawn back into cooling system its almost dofo the head gaskets, be very careful not to cook it as they can take crank out at same time, not tryin to alarm you just be very carefull bud

Andy

Andy Kindon wrote:

if they expansion (overflow bottle) is keep filling up and not getting drawn back into cooling system its almost dofo the head gaskets, be very careful not to cook it as they can take crank out at same time, not tryin to alarm you just be very carefull bud

Andy

Getting tests done the morra just to confirm it , being used for 4miles a day to get me to work & back until i decide on a plan of action. Might be in touch for a bit advice.

maxboost wrote:

Andy Kindon wrote:

if they expansion (overflow bottle) is keep filling up and not getting drawn back into cooling system its almost dofo the head gaskets, be very careful not to cook it as they can take crank out at same time, not tryin to alarm you just be very carefull bud

Andy

Getting tests done the morra just to confirm it , being used for 4miles a day to get me to work & back until i decide on a plan of action. Might be in touch for a bit advice.

no probs, if ya cant get thru to my mobile , garage number is 0191 3889629

Andy

i'd blame the wife lol

Cheers Andy,
Me to Mr P, don't think i've ever had it on boost, which can't be said for her,

console your self with beer mate lol

Well the Prognosis is in.....
Its fooked
Didn't bother with the leak down test as the sniffer turned colour in several seconds.
New head gaskets here we come.
Theres my next few weekends booked in on the car then.

i thought as soon as u said mate totaly gutted for u , hope it gets sorted soon

i'll hold the beer

as always bud, but you do it well, got somimt in the pipe line may need to hold you to your offer of the R33 lend for aweek got to be than a toyota hire car

quick up date,
it was suggest to me to use K-Seal which apperently can fix cracked gaskets, so for the sake of £8, i thought why not. After 20mins smoke in the overflow had stopped & the plumes of smoke from the exhaust had stopped, did another sniff test & all was fine. So looking good for the time being. I only intend this to be a short term solution, but will buy me some time to get the money together to replace the gaskets my self & a bit help from agood mate.

k-seal

oh dear

Andy Kindon wrote:

k-seal

+1

Well it will buy me a week or so to get me to work & back, like i said just a short term fix. Uless someone wants to fix it for free,

can do more harm than good, can block up waterways in engine, waterpump, rad etc, horrible stuff imo