overheating

[227angrydonkeys]

ok so i bought a surf today its proper cheap so i dont mind spending a few quid on her. she overheated after about 20 miles of coming home from the guy i bought her off. theres no contamination of the water or oil. its also stood for about 6 months before i bought it. any suggestions?
cheers

[stormforce]

ok so i bought a surf today its proper cheap so i dont mind spending a few quid on her. she overheated after about 20 miles of coming home from the guy i bought her off. theres no contamination of the water or oil. its also stood for about 6 months before i bought it. any suggestions?
cheers

give the coolant a change and a good flush thru change the thermostat and rad cap too.when filling the coolant back up have both blowers on hot and set to fast

[227angrydonkeys]

im on the case my man. thanks for that. i think the fanny magnet might be broken as well.

[Sancho]

give the coolant a change and a good flush thru change the thermostat and rad cap too.when filling the coolant back up have both blowers on hot and set to fast

If you say to put the fans on fast you'll have Nev on your case again.....

If it's been stood for a while the thermostat might be jammed up I suppose. But, yeah, like Richard said, flush it through and that.

[Sancho]

im on the case my man. thanks for that. i think the fanny magnet might be broken as well.

The fanny magnet doesn't function in the old 2.4s. Not in mine anyway.

[227angrydonkeys]

i had it set wrong in my last car, i hit 3 pheasants

[kitesurf_phil]

Welcome to the mad world of Surfism.

Check the radiator fins for mud too if she has been off road.

[MattF]

The fanny magnet doesn't function in the old 2.4s. Not in mine anyway.

In my 2.4, the fanny magnet drives the Surf.

[TonyN]

ok so i bought a surf today its proper cheap.....................its also stood for about 6 months before i bought it. any suggestions?
cheers

humm, 2 BIG clues!

A cracked head won't normally smoke (apart from white smoke sometimes when starting up) or contaminate the oil.

I'd get the head tested first to save days of messing around trying all the little things.

[NiftyNev]

If you say to put the fans on fast you'll have Nev on your case again.....

Nev

[chrisinflight]

overheating

Hi Angry Donkeys,
I think you can safely assume the head is gone and already been confirmed/tested by the previous owner.
Not many people throw money away these days and you aquired the beast at an incredible price! Nevertheless, get the cooling system tested and if the rest of the vehicle is good get a new head and you`ll still have a low investment.
cheers,
chris

[227angrydonkeys]

thats what i reckon. i cna do the head myself and im in no rush to do it. so its ok, i just wish the guy had been honest , i asked him outright about it too.
i flushed the rad today. is there a system drain plug? i just took off the bottom hose.
so i let her idle for about 20 mins today with the thermostat out so she ran cool and still loads of pressure immediately in the cooling system and some seems to disappear, no white cloud out the back though. are the head cracks externally visible on them or is it an internal thing? im guessing internal between a valve stem and a water way or something similar.

[Sancho]

Nice pictures here.

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...ad.php?t=16804

Something to do with waterways and valves .

Get a head from Stevo and it will never happen again. Probably.