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Morning all,
I had hoped that my first post here would be a happier occasion but alas i think i may have had the fastest head gasket blow on record!
Picked up my new surf last friday evening with much excitement and all seemed well. Then on saturday morning i drove up to surrey, after a brief stop i noticed rather a large amount of white smoke billowing from the exhaust so stopped again a couple of miles later to find it still smoking and one of the coolant hoses had burst.
Called the RAC out and he fixed the burst hose but on refilling the coolant system it seemed to be pushing a bit of water back out the rad cap, but no white smoke - diagnosis - a likely blown head gasket
Unfortunately my rac cover does not include recovery so i've had to get it towed to a local garage in leatherhead. Spoke to the dealer and he was less than apologetic but agreed to pay for half the cost of repairs at the leatherhead garage - as is the terms of the warranty. It remains to be seen whether he actually pays up or not.
Odd thing is it didn't actually overheat, knowing the problems with 2.4 heads i watched the temp guage like a hawk and the temperature never got above the middle of the guage. When the rac chap was fixing the hose i noticed one of the sensors that plugs into the thermostat housing was knackered and had been repaired - badly. It's the front one of the two.
So, now owned a surf for 4 days and have had about 90 miles of joy and three days of frustration - the garage is not going to be able to look at it til after the new year.
I had loads of silly newbie questions as well!
Congrats on an excellent forum
any suggestions as to the cause etc of my problems greatly received.
I asked to dealer to flush the cooling system before i picked it up and he said he did, and the coolant certainly looked green rather than brown when i looked at it but as to whether he did or not is anyones guess.
Cheers
Mark
I had hoped that my first post here would be a happier occasion but alas i think i may have had the fastest head gasket blow on record!
Picked up my new surf last friday evening with much excitement and all seemed well. Then on saturday morning i drove up to surrey, after a brief stop i noticed rather a large amount of white smoke billowing from the exhaust so stopped again a couple of miles later to find it still smoking and one of the coolant hoses had burst.
Called the RAC out and he fixed the burst hose but on refilling the coolant system it seemed to be pushing a bit of water back out the rad cap, but no white smoke - diagnosis - a likely blown head gasket
Unfortunately my rac cover does not include recovery so i've had to get it towed to a local garage in leatherhead. Spoke to the dealer and he was less than apologetic but agreed to pay for half the cost of repairs at the leatherhead garage - as is the terms of the warranty. It remains to be seen whether he actually pays up or not.
Odd thing is it didn't actually overheat, knowing the problems with 2.4 heads i watched the temp guage like a hawk and the temperature never got above the middle of the guage. When the rac chap was fixing the hose i noticed one of the sensors that plugs into the thermostat housing was knackered and had been repaired - badly. It's the front one of the two.
So, now owned a surf for 4 days and have had about 90 miles of joy and three days of frustration - the garage is not going to be able to look at it til after the new year.
I had loads of silly newbie questions as well!
Congrats on an excellent forum
any suggestions as to the cause etc of my problems greatly received.
I asked to dealer to flush the cooling system before i picked it up and he said he did, and the coolant certainly looked green rather than brown when i looked at it but as to whether he did or not is anyones guess.
Cheers
Mark
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