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as least on yours you see the problem. not so easy on mine. I am taking the head to a workshop to plan it. so I will be hopefully good with it.

Dear All, Finally the head is out :-) no major struggles and all the bolts were easy to remove, that's a good point. I only found one point of "possible exchange" between the coolant and the oil, but I do not know if this will be enough to loose that much coolant. Please let me know if you see...

good evening, another test today and I think I loosing coolant but I cannot find from where, I had to add about a liter of coolant today after driving 30´ and letting the car sit for 24h. I know the expansion tank need to be changed but what about the piping down there. See photos.

Hi All, New discovery for me today (not the car😴), I wanted to do a quick test, I took my wireless barbecue temperature sensor and stick it on the expansion tank. Cool gadget as I can read the temperature wirelessly on my phone. See photos. Guess what the engine does not seems to warm up even...

Thanks, I do not think I will need a dile gage as I will be taking the head to a specialist shop who would do the trimming for me and preferably a compression test. Do you have an idea of the time needed for an amateur?

Thanks for the heads up, I am a bit stressed to do this, but I think I will need to do it and then also change the cam belt at the same time. Any good tutorial or website on how to do it? Thanks,

yes when I stopped and removed, with caution, the cap of the expansion tank, there was quite a lot of pressure.

ok, thanks a lot, so I should not see the coolant leak I presume it will evaporate?

Thanks, and how can I be sure it is that? (just trying to understand) I presume the coolant level will decrease?

Dear All, I have some news, bad and good, let me explain what we have done: - changed thermostat - changed waterpump and gasket - changed the Y tubing - changed the temperature sensor - changed the radiator After that the engine temperature was still shutting in the red zone after 5-10m drive...

very interesting but you scare me because I always refilled the tank with water in recent weeks (since the problem arises to test the system) I have personally never used the orange coolant but always the one I find at the petrol station.

indeed, this is what I am ordering at the moment. however, I wanted a bigger radiator as I am towing a lot but I could not find any. same for the hoses, I will change all of them.

Quite hard and soft before the start

Dear All, last weekend I did the checks that you all proposed: - checked the oil : not missing and no strange colour (not diluted nor oil) - changed the water pump (the old one was fine) - changed the thermostat (I still need to test the old one) - changed the expansion tank cap - bypassed the...

Thanks, forgot to mention but it is done. What I really do not understand is why it overflow directly and it looks to me like not circulation rather then exhaust gaz. I have no weird oil and no white smoke.

Hi All, The mystery continue. The car came back and it is not overheating while standing still

Hi All, The mystery continue. The car came back and it is not overheating while standing still. I ran the engine for one hour and nothing. However, water comes back in the expansion tank and overflow. This empty the cooling system. i also noticed the heating is not producing hot air. tonight...

Thanks. Yes I have ordered a new water pump and new gaskets (for the pump). The car will not be driven as it comes back on the back of a towing truck tonight.

Dear All, still waiting for my car to come back to my house to start the investigations but something my friend told we was the following: « the temperature is rising after a few minutes of driving and we can see the water coming out of the breathing pipe« do You have some advice on where to...

To be honest, i am waiting for the car to come back, but for sure i will add the check of the oil condition. Last time is did not contain any water as far as i can see.