So this week ive been cautiously venturing further from home in the quest to shake out the remaining bugs that lurk in the corners of the wagon, the first as to work out why it totally blocked fuel filters after 10km
I initially flushed the tank via the drain plug, but that was no good, so out it came......i now have a bucket with 3litres of what looks like clay in i
250km later and still no sh*t in the filter
Friday morning i drove to work in it
cruising along i smell a curious odour, sort of like golden syrup,mmmm i shouldnt have skipped breakfast, then i think, ohoh i remember that smell, and a quick glance at the temp gauge confirmed my fears
HOLY sh*t **** man, hung a U turn and headed for home...It wasnt pretty under the bonnet.......
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I rang Mark in a panic who convinced me it would be something minor, i wasnt convinced it would be a simple fix, i mean why would it overheat at 6 in the morning in 19 deg temps?I pondered Marks suggestions for a few hours and finally out of curiousity i removed the rad cap, straight away the problem was obvious, the shaft under the cap that the sprung seal arrangement is mounted on was bent
i must have done it when i checked the coolant the night before
and when the thermostat opened first time it ejected half of the coolant from the system, anyway i put a new cap on it and refilled the coolant and headed down to harrys cafe de wheels for a pie.
There doesnt seem to be any ill effects from the coolant issue,it runs under half on the temp needle and it made the drive without missing a beat,and while the diff sounds like a rock crusher, its super comfortable to drive,goes pretty good for an old tank and sounds **** wicked at full throttle. This ones going to be a keeper