cooling system

sx_turbo

sx_turbo

Lifer
do a sniffer test, or a leak dye test.

hopefully i shall be getting dye tomorrow, and it witt show up my problem
 
Kelly

Kelly

Member +
Jules-B said:
how can i do it after boosting hard as you cant take rad cap off when its still hot?
Click to expand...

Well we managed it, there wasnt much coolant in there when our hg went so it was ok to open :p. i think Nick had some type of Syringe which sucked abit out and mixed with the stuff and you await it to turn diff colour.
 
sx_turbo

sx_turbo

Lifer
Kelly said:
Well we managed it, there wasnt much coolant in there when our hg went so it was ok to open :p. i think Nick had some type of Syringe which sucked abit out and mixed with the stuff and you await it to turn diff colour.
Click to expand...

thats what i bought.

needs to be done straight after boosting.

taking the rad cap of when hot is not much of a problem, prividing your very careful, it is possible to do it without coming to harm
 
J

Jules-B

Member +
That is what i have

Bluepoint one. My rad is still fairly full though, but i suppose after boosting it wont be!. Every time ive tried to open it when its warm, it goes everywhere!!

ill do another test today, and see what happens now.
 
sx_turbo

sx_turbo

Lifer
Jules-B said:
That is what i have

Bluepoint one. My rad is still fairly full though, but i suppose after boosting it wont be!. Every time ive tried to open it when its warm, it goes everywhere!!

ill do another test today, and see what happens now.
Click to expand...

let us know what the outcome is mate :)


if it's not head gasket, then change the rad
 
Kelly

Kelly

Member +
See thats where ours differs it only chucks abit into overflow and then thats it no more after that. Arggghhh why do we have cars again? :p hopefully might get rad back today if not will be tomorrow. Trax is guna be interesting lol
 
sx_turbo

sx_turbo

Lifer
well mine just chucks out little bits at a time, my rad never empties, but my coolant pipes are really solid
 
J

Jules-B

Member +
sorry if i worded it wrong..
Mine will chuck a bit out, when you open the rad cap, you can see the level,but its not where it should be, every morning i top it up from the overflow and drive, and its fine.

if nothing comes up ill get a new rad cap first, new thermo, and new rad.
 
sx_turbo

sx_turbo

Lifer
Jules-B said:
sorry if i worded it wrong..
Mine will chuck a bit out, when you open the rad cap, you can see the level,but its not where it should be, every morning i top it up from the overflow and drive, and its fine.

if nothing comes up ill get a new rad cap first, new thermo, and new rad.
Click to expand...

thats what i would do aswell mate
 
S

steveep82

Member +
My block warped both times my headgasket went, had that skimmed nd didnt have the problem again untill the headgeasket really let go, probably down to the head lifting from the block due to the headbolts that are used in this engine being very small for high boost applications.
 
Kelly

Kelly

Member +
steveep82 said:
My block warped both times my headgasket went, had that skimmed nd didnt have the problem again untill the headgeasket really let go, probably down to the head lifting from the block due to the headbolts that are used in this engine being very small for high boost applications.
Click to expand...

how did you check the block then? with the proper tool?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top