If you had to put 5lt in I would say the car was not bled properly as that is a huge amount to lose?????
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If you had to put 5lt in I would say the car was not bled properly as that is a huge amount to lose?????
The cooling system capacity is roughly 12 ltrs and the overflow bottle holds around 2 ltrs, if you lost 5 some of that could have been pushed out when it overheated. I hope you haven't cracked the head driving it around with no water in it but time will tell. Fill the water up and test for leaks how i said in my previous post.
If the water level was half way down the viscous fan wouldn't have worked because it uses the ambient heat from the radiator core to expand a coil to creat resistance to make it engage but you should have heard the a/c fan working trying to cool the motor.
By specifics i meant every detail of your fault because we cant see your car! Being 5 ltrs down is an important detail which you left out in your op but thats why we're all here to help you learn about your car and to try and diagnose its faults.
How can I check if the head is cracked?
Mate when you did your coolant do you know how much you put in????
5lts is a lot and as George has said you need to be specific as to the details..
Some of your descriptions are vague and needs more input..
Try to give as much info as possible as it is hard to understand whats going on from the other side of the keyboard.. cheers
First find out where your water is going. You need to have a process of elimination before you jump to any conclusions.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannypatrol
I'm no mechanic , but could it be the radiator is blocked externally , duck rd is fairly steep in the first couple of kms , so maybe the lack of air flow at low speed was a issue ( I use low 2nd 3rd on the climb ) after that its pretty easy going and your in the rain forest so moving quicker in cooler air . Like I said I'm no mechanic , but it seems you only got hot when climbing
Sorry that my descriptions are vague, it is simply coz I am new to car engine stuff, it isnt unwill. I want to learn more about it and solve it myself instead of just bringing the car to a mechanic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Re the amount of coolant. I put around 11l in when I flushed it.
I will try tomorrow to diagnose it further, just have to find the accelator cable. Hope that will pin point the problem better.
In the morning i'll take a few pic and post them for you to show you where to bleed from and where to accelerator cable is.
11l sounds about right because the heater core would have had water in it aswell as the block.
I drove yesterday 50km motorway on petrol without any issues (I had to go somewhere).Quote:
Originally Posted by Alitis007
Today I have time to have a closer look. I am not sure where the viscous fan is but starting the engine and raising the idle to 2000rpm result in a weird additional sound, like a fan that is out of balance, but the sound isnt massive, just a bit of side-effect. I cant remember the engine sounding like this when I changed the coolant. There is more of a tsjook-tsjook sound which stays for longer then a minute. After turning the engine off and waiting for couple of minutes and turning it on again, the tsjook-tsjook sound doesnt start right away, it starts a couple of secs after raising idle.
I started both times the engine on petrol.
Problem seem indeed to occur only with slow speed 4wd driving. I was using 2nd gear though.Quote:
Originally Posted by gaddy
Losing power on LPG was only when I just started the engine and for the first 5min or so (climbing two hills of aprox 500m). Never had this before. The cooling issue boiling coolant) both occurred using LPG, in 4H mode at very slow speeds (on beach and on duck creek road).