P38A Another head bites the dust

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20171015_153030.jpg 20171015_153051.jpg 20171015_153051.jpg 20171015_153030.jpg Well,upon my return I decided to remove the heater plugs to find out why my 2,5 was hydraulicing when I tried to start it.I covered all the holes but still managed to get a soaking from number 3. I thought it may be a leaky injector but as it turned out I was sprayed with water!. Stripped it down today and the head is fecked. The car overheated a while back due to the bolt holding the steel heater feed pipe deciding it wanted to part company with the rest of the car. They do like to keep us in our toes.:(
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View attachment 133548 View attachment 133547 View attachment 133547 View attachment 133548 Well,upon my return I decided to remove the heater plugs to find out why my 2,5 was hydraulicing when I tried to start it.I covered all the holes but still managed to get a soaking from number 3. I thought it may be a leaky injector but as it turned out I was sprayed with water!. Stripped it down today and the head is fecked. The car overheated a while back due to the bolt holding the steel heater feed pipe deciding it wanted to part company with the rest of the car. They do like to keep us in our toes.:(View attachment 133548
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yep, they are here to test us :(
 
Might be a little late for this head, but there is a recall for these old busses for an overheating issue (A255 so I'm told), be worth seeing if that could help prevent another failure... assuming you go down the path of repairing it.
 
Bix said:
Might be a little late for this head, but there is a recall for these old busses for an overheating issue (A255 so I'm told), be worth seeing if that could help prevent another failure... assuming you go down the path of repairing it.
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Is it in the RAVE technical bulletins?
 
Bix said:
I honestly don't know. I got a phonecall from the local dealership telling me there is a recall for my bus. Still need to get it booked in.
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Would like to know the details. Amazed a dealer is still checking recalls this far after the date. Is it genuine or some sort of Africa 419 scam?!
 
Grrrrrr said:
Would like to know the details. Amazed a dealer is still checking recalls this far after the date. Is it genuine or some sort of Africa 419 scam?!
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It was the Land Rover dealership near Swindon, Grange I think they are called. It seemed strange since they went out of production over 15 years ago.
 
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