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tom295trucks · Newbie Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 8 Location: chelmsford

hi,ive got a lovelly 3.1 td that has started getting hot from 20miles or so.no water in the oil just blows water from exspansion tank,put my foot down it temp gauge goes up take my foot off gauge goes down,can anyone help please,love the car but dont want to buy a new engine, Embarassed

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tom295trucks · Newbie Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 8 Location: chelmsford

he said head gasket was ok,so why is the header tank blowing water out,and why is it getting hot.boohoo love this 4x4 but its driving me nuts,help help

dxmedia · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 23:15 Post subject:

Cracked head or liner?

How was the head gasket checked?
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tom295trucks · Newbie Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 8 Location: chelmsford

he said he pressure tested it,i dont no much about engines to understand,its done 124 tho and bin a great car,its not boiling over thats what is throwing me.

tom295trucks · Newbie Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 8 Location: chelmsford

if its an engine job ill sell the car as ive not got the time to fix it.dont mind a bit of work just dont want a large job to sort

tom295trucks · Newbie Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 8 Location: chelmsford

got to go chaps thanks for any advise,ill be back in the morning to answer any youve got,hopefully i can solve it and keep the car,must be love,its been a great car shame it has to playup ,just wen the sun comes out and the kids want to go down the beach,pain,cheers chaps

AD · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:52 Post subject:

If its not boiling over but pushing the water from the expansion tank even before it gets hot usually when you accelerate the engine, then it's your head gasket or at worst a crack in the head Rolling Eyes

Ive done 2 gasket this year with exactly the same symptoms, 1 on a tractor, 1 on a diesel quad bike, both were blowing water out of expantion tank and not mixing any oil and water Wink

If its only pushing water out when hot (boiling over) then i would check fan belt, thermostat and air locks in the system.
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Chris B · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:59 Post subject:

Could it be a worn rad cap??

AD · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 21:45 Post subject: