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Chris H
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:21 pm |
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yes the td head will go. radweld won;t do much, might buy you a short amount of time and a heater than no longer works etc.
schakal its fine, you shoudl have waited until the fan stopped before turnign the engine off though! |
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schakal
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:43 pm |
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sorry mate i meant the fan and the aux pump was running after i turned the engine off  |
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Lindsey
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Joined: 22 Mar 2005
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:15 pm |
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I'm scottish and it's July....don't need the heater til um about November  Will stop and get some radweld (or similar) in the morning on the way to work. Will try and stop at the Scrapper on the way home see if any of the TDs still have an engine. Don't know when I'll get a chance to do anything with it, wee man's home from school for another fortnight on Saturday. Just need to try and keep it going until I can do something about it. |
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Lindsey
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:42 pm |
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What about Holts WondarWeld?
"FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Permanently seals cracks in cylinder block, internal and external leaks in water jacket
Suitable for steel, iron and aluminium engines
Prevents the need for engine rebuild " |
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Chris H
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:13 am |
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Lindsey
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:37 am |
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Cool, I'll get some today  |
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Lindsey
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:07 am |
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Well my life stinks! Driving to work this morning - late (slept in, then had to make sure bastard car was filled up with water). Almost there and the red light comes on, pull into the first parking place available and the pressure cap has disintigrated (pics later)! Car now won't start! It's turning but just not quite catching. Is it completely fooked? |
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Chris H
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:17 am |
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probably.
if the cap broke up then the pressure must be silly high so either hg's gone or theres a meaty crack in something. |
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Lindsey
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:26 am |
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Would it be a complete waste of time and money to still try the wondarweld? How can I get it started? |
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Chris H
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:36 am |
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let the engine cool down, then try and start it. get water in there and slap the wonderweld in when its running.
i assume the engine is crankign over its just struggling? |
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Lindsey
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:40 am |
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It is cranking, just not catching. Right, I'll nip over to halfords and get the wondarweld, got my water bottles at the ready! |
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Chris H
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:43 am |
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is it spinning faster or slower than usual? |
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Lindsey
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:52 am |
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Bout the same, maybe slightly slower. |
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Chris H
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:37 am |
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whats it like now its cooled down? |
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Lindsey
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:05 am |
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It's not starting and the battery is starting to go flat! I've left it at work  Can't do anything now til Monday coz work car park is locked up over the weekend. Getting a smell like bad exhaust fumes from the coolant bottle when I try to start it. Dunno what to do now! Can't afford another car and can't afford not to have a car. |
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Chris H
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:11 am |
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its buggered Lindsey!
constant overheating probably put a proper crack in it an dfinished it off. |
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Wicked Neo
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:00 am |
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i just seen that air bubbles on chamades expansion tank today after a rather long trip when i parked the car .
but it never over heated or anything ,most of the time the neddle sat on 1st notch (the 1st notch after the 2 together at the bottom)
and went between the 1st and 2nd notches now and again due to sitting at traffic etc.
also noticed the fan working as i parked up and the aux water pump running .
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like Chris H said, thats fine.
The aux pump is meant to come on when the ignition is switched off and will run for about 8 minutes. (the aux pump does not run when ignition is on)
The fan will also operate independent of the ignition if the temp is high enough to activate it. |
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Neal
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:10 pm |
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my fan comes on about 2 mins after i have parked up, turned it off and got out... |
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Lindsey
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:34 pm |
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its buggered Lindsey!
constant overheating probably put a proper crack in it an dfinished it off. |
So is it new head or new engine time? |
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Chris H
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:03 pm |
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depends whats broke!
but if you get a low miler td offered cheap take it! |
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Lindsey
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Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:39 pm |
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Right, need to get the car home and get the head off. Get a look at what's going on.  Could do without this, my boys home from school tommorrow! |
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