Isuzu Trooper Owners Club UK™

[neal]

hi all looking for some advise,opened the bonnet today and the top hose on the rad was out of shape,sucked in,opened the rad cap hiss of air and hose back in shape,a bit of goo round the rad cap smelt exactly like putty,no overheating,doesnt use oil or water,no smoke.running great.
recently had a new thermostat,had the truck about a year with no real probs.any advise or thoughts would be great,thanks.

[badendesigns]

Sounds like it has at some point had radweld or some such in it. Maybe run a flush through? What colour was the goo?
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1981 Yamaha XV750 Special

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[neal]

a brown colour.will try flushing the rad cheers

[badendesigns]

Yeah that would be the first thing I would try. Kseal smells like that. Could be that the bottom hose or other lower water way has become clogged.
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1994 3.1TD Bighorn LWB

1981 Yamaha XV750 Special

Lovin it!!!!!

Wear sunscreen

[neal]

it has had kseal in it i just found out,but cant see any blockage top and bottom hose both free can hear the water moving about when you squeeze em,have been up in the hills for a couple of day must of pulled up all the s--t from the bottom of the rad,what other pipes should i be looking at.....

[badendesigns]

You could pull the rad out and flush it through. Why did it have k-seal in it? Any of the smaller pipes I would check. The ones from the thermostat housing that run along the rocker box are normally in my experience the first ones to let go.
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1994 3.1TD Bighorn LWB

1981 Yamaha XV750 Special

Lovin it!!!!!

Wear sunscreen

[neal]

checked the small hoses off the thermostat no sign of any blockages,took the top and bottom hoses off rad and ran it through with a hose pipe a lot of s--t in the rad,got a trailer to pick up tommorow a 50 mile round trip so see how it goes,thanks for the advise.