Cooling system AGAIN!! everything tried....

[Fatty Smalls]

I feel for you Autotrax , and i dont blame you for wanting shot of her. But i've just fitted a Stevo 2.8 new head and refilled viscous fan and she is running perfect. Even after an hour of hard driving ,hoses are still squeezeable ,temp is bang on half ,no bubbles in stat or resiovour ,1/3 oil pressure - Running just as she should. All in for £795 plus £7 for silicon oil for viscous fan. Took a mate & i 2 weekends to complete. You have to get the 2.8 uprated head as the ebay china copys are w@nk ,i had one. I hope they melt it down & throw it back to china, and i for one can vouch for Stevo heads.

[Autoxtraz]

Final Final Update - an answer.....

Finally an answer hopefully this applies to others too!!!! a very fine hairline crack in No (rear) cylinder!!! and "The Experts" say it NEVER happens!!!
Well our engine guy says he does at least 1 per month!!!
To top it all we decided to have the "brand new" head tested etc - guess what??? it was a ###### reconditioned head with a .15mm warp also....and these guys advertise these everywhere including Ebay as NEW!!!########....
The head definetly looked like new totally sandblasted, properly wrapped, nice machine marks etc etc - as soon as we took it out of the van the engineer sais "it's a recon!" How can you tell?? the combustion chambers should be proud of the head otherwise when the head is hot they will rattle and he further spooted that a crack between 1/2 cylinders on the head had been ex[pertly welded and re-polished!! The guys got eyes like an owl - no substitute for 55 years experience....
So there you have it - Toyota make crap 2.4 TD motors and everyone else makes a fortune off the repairs by ripping us all off anfter Toyota has finished giving us all an enlarged anal cavity!
STAY AWAY from Ebay heads!!!!trust your machine shop 1st.....

ps cost us another £120 to put the "NEW" 'head right
pps the engineer further rubbed it in us by stating he could supply OEM heads with 12 months guarantee for £350.....live and learn folks
Well it's good night from him....

[MattF]

So there you have it - Toyota make crap 2.4 TD motors and everyone else makes a fortune off the repairs by ripping us all off anfter Toyota has finished giving us all an enlarged anal cavity!

Bunkum. You merely tried cutting costs and corners and created your own secondary set of problems. Mend once, mend right.

[Autoxtraz]

Wish I was you!

My, what god given gifts hindsighte and sarcasm are !!!! if you took the time to actually read before you replied .......no costs/corners were cut - the opposite in fact otherwise us total pillocks would not have spent so much DoooH!!!
Well Homer - your mommy's calling so it's back to the couch for you and maybe tomorrow those wonderfull gifts you have will be unleashed on someone else.....
If you can't be constructive - keep iyour comments to yourself!

[NiftyNev]

My, what god given gifts hindsighte and sarcasm are !!!! if you took the time to actually read before you replied .......no costs/corners were cut

Managed to get off every one of the chinese crap headbolts without problem - 6 of them are so round they look like cap screws!!

Chinese head bolts are not cutting costs ?

Replaced and removed the head bolts one by one, retorqued to factory specs plus 2 further torques to 90 degrees each then a further additional torque to 90 degress.

Why the hell would you do this ?

Nev

[MattF]

My, what god given gifts hindsighte and sarcasm are !!!! if you took the time to actually read before you replied .......

Hindsight has bugger all to do with anything. There is a supplier on here who sells heads which are guaranteed and totally reliable, and most definitely not of inferior quality, as all posts referring to him will point out. You bought a cheap and inferior option.

However, you are correct in saying that I am sarcastic.

no costs/corners were cut - the opposite in fact otherwise us total pillocks would not have spent so much DoooH!!!

If you can't be constructive - keep iyour comments to yourself!

Following on from the portions highlighted by Nev, if the following is your idea of good repair methodology, then I hope to God I never have the misfortune to have a vehicle repaired by yourself. I wouldn't shove that sh1t in anyones vehicle even if I couldn't stand them, never mind a paying customers. The term half arsed cowboy does spring to mind.

Well as guessed the Sanke Oil did bugger all - and took all day to run - especially as at 1000 rpm this thing never warms up quick enough - takes bout 2 hours to reach temp - and then the pressures high enough to blow a hose!! Would have been cheaper having a toilet break into the radiator instead of spending £30 on this water!!!!Gee thanks Steel Seal!!
Will do as per previous post and torque 1 more time.....

Also, working on the hypocrisy angle, is this a constructive, (or even truthful), comment? I think not.

So there you have it - Toyota make crap 2.4 TD motors and everyone else makes a fortune off the repairs by ripping us all off anfter Toyota has finished giving us all an enlarged anal cavity!

[RodLeach]

Matt he only started posting when it had all gone wrong. If i didn't know about stevo i'd probably have been happy to go along to a motor factors an pick one up... you ginger dildo!


Anyway, Glad you've finally sorted it mate! Sorry to hear it was dragged out for so long but kudos on the effort!!

[MattF]

Matt he only started posting when it had all gone wrong. If i didn't know about stevo i'd probably have been happy to go along to a motor factors an pick one up...

Pretty much irrelevant. I was merely correcting his point of view that he was not at fault, and that everyone and everything else was. One never goes for an inferior option, or even an unknown quality option, especially when you are discussing that sort of outlay. It's inexcusable by a so-called tradesman or expert.

Before anyone goes off on the normal 'Matt's a preaching self righteous tw@t' bit, btw, I will just say that I can be so bl00dy self righteous due to the fact that I have never, in all of my working life, done an inferior repair or used inferior goods. So, suck it back in before you all start.

you ginger dildo!

[RodLeach]

Matt you self ri...


oh ok...

[surfenstein]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH.gi nger dildo,love it rodders.
as for matt doing an inferior repair shall we just wait till he welds up the first gen.ive a feeling he may just eat those words.ginger dildo.sorry matt i just gotta chuckle.

[MattF]

ir shall we just wait till he welds up the first gen.ive a feeling he may just eat those words.

If I can never create a practice piece that I'm perfectly happy with, from a strength and final finish viewpoint, I won't be doing any welding. I never attempt a task that I can't complete well. I don't do 'good enough'.

ginger dildo.sorry matt i just gotta chuckle.

Matt you self ri...

oh ok...

[stevo]

crack

Hi, just as a matter of interest, what did you do with the 'fine hairline crack' in the rear cylinder?
Cheers, Steve.

[Haydn Callow]

was the engine block top face "trued up" before fitting the new head ??