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Greg30turbo · Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2014 Posts: 8 Location: Sheffield

Hi all i have a 2000 reg trooper 3.0 td and i have just replaced the head gasket because it was blowing coolant out of the top of the radiator( had the head skimmed ), and its still blowing out of the top of the radiator. Is this an air lock ? Or is it a carcked head or piston liner ? Any help would be gratefully recieved. Thanks for reading.

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eithan h · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 17:42 Post subject:

cracked head or liner i would think, does the coolant smell of diesel at all?

Greg30turbo · Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2014 Posts: 8 Location: Sheffield

Hi yes it did before it had gasket done. Havent had in running enough since to tell.

eithan h · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 18:27 Post subject:

could be the injector sleeve seals leaking, quite common and will make the rad overflow in to the expansion tank and fill that as well as it fills the cooling system with diesel

Greg30turbo · Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2014 Posts: 8 Location: Sheffield

Hi thanks for reply. When the air is building up the hoses go hard then the radiator cap open and it blows out the air like when you open a bottle of fizzy pop.

eithan h · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 19:46 Post subject:

ok thats not sleeve seals that does sound like combustion pressure as these engines bleed through quite easy, might pay to get a sniff test done and see if it's exhaust gas or not

Greg30turbo · Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2014 Posts: 8 Location: Sheffield

Hi tried to sniff test it today but its blowin water out with no cap on and ended up sucking up coolant aswell. So think its off to scraper.

Greg30turbo · Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2014 Posts: 8 Location: Sheffield

Are the 3.0 engines any better in the last of the troopers than the earlier ones? Thanks

eithan h · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 21:09 Post subject:

No it's the same engine