Thinking of throwing in the towel

Need an air cooled engine

Diesel Do said:

Well to be fair he was driving it that time, but the electric water pump seems to push the water past the cap even when not running, it seemed to find a happy level but apparently not which is why hgf is not so likely this time

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fair enough ,think id have stuck to original ,might be a way of hiding symptoms with its own problems

WLJayne said:

It's also possible that this system requires alot less coolant than the original and not having much in the tank is not an issue. Bloody nasty gamble but another possibility.

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Providing that there is some water in the tank, I reckon it should be OK.

jamesmartin said:

fair enough ,think id have stuck to original ,might be a way of hiding symptoms with its own problems

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The theory seems sound! But not tried and tested on a freelander

jamesmartin said:

fair enough ,think id have stuck to original ,might be a way of hiding symptoms with its own problems

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True, it was always going to have problems but the engine health benefits (in threory) warranted a proper trial by an idiot with more ideas than money.

I'm sure this can be fixed, and then it will be the best damn cooling system ever to grace the bonet of a Land Rover.

What about a one way valve? Looks like coolant isnt supposed to go up that pipe, only down.

The Mad Hat Man said:

Providing that there is some water in the tank, I reckon it should be OK.

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Not on the floor

WLJayne said:

True, it was always going to have problems but the engine health benefits (in threory) warranted a proper trial by an idiot with more ideas than money.

I'm sure this can be fixed, and then it will be the best damn cooling system ever to grace the bonet of a Land Rover.

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So you're not throwing in the towel

WLJayne said:

True, it was always going to have problems but the engine health benefits (in threory) warranted a proper trial by an idiot with more ideas than money.

I'm sure this can be fixed, and then it will be the best damn cooling system ever to grace the bonet of a Land Rover.

What about a one way valve? Looks like coolant isnt supposed to go up that pipe, only down.

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Didn't you read my re plumbing post?

Diesel Do said:

So you're not throwing in the towel

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just draping it around the coolant bottle

Diesel Do said:

So you're not throwing in the towel

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That was drama to get your attention. But I do have financial limits and I need to get this sorted soon or move on.

But seriously, one way valve?

wljayne said:

that was drama to get your attention. But i do have financial limits and i need to get this sorted soon or move on.

But seriously, one way valve?

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re plumbing

Move the bottle feed to before the pump so it sucks it out rather than forcing it up!

Diesel Do said:

T in bottom hose before pump with pipe from tank, blank existing one?

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Hmm that's a thought. Would it suck too much out though?

WLJayne said:

Hmm that's a thought. Would it suck too much out though?

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Cook nose!

Diesel Do said:

Cook nose!

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Doh! Fook nose!

The two in let's are v small! But that's how it works with the original pump

It sucks from rad and expansion bottle

Technically, the header tank is only there to supply some extra coolant to the plumbing when the stuff that's in there cools and contracts - I don't think it's actually meant to supply any coolant as such. Perhaps something like one of those fuel bulbs that only allow flow in one direction would work? That would prevent coolant getting forced into the tank but would allow extra coolant down into the system when cold?

Ere James....

Bearing in mind we is working in the dark here.......

how about blanking off all the bottle pipes except for one at the bottom of the tank.... and connecting that to the top of the rad. - just to use as an expansion pipe?
It will be upstreamof the EWP, so shouldnt be pressurised by the EWP.

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The ewp only sucks from rad. But pumps into bottle two small hoses get swamped!