Sitting at the traffic lights yesterday, car idling nicely and then lots of gurgling from beneath the bonnet, no visible steam from exhaust and temp gauge stayed exactly half way. Pulled over, bonnet up and noticed expansion bottle bubbling, like a coffee percolator.
We managed to get home; luckily, we had only just started the journey and managed to slowly limp back the 5 mile that we had just covered.
Anyway I left the truck cool down over night, I removed the rad cap this morning (outside temp was -5 degrees) so engine was stone cold, started the engine and immediately the coolant erupts like a volcano from the rad, I think its fair to say that the head has gone at a genuine 76000 miles. Its such a shame as the truck is immaculate in every way.
My question is (and I have searched the forums) is there an engine workshop manual for the kzn185 motor? As I am tempted to replace the head, alternatively I might simply break the truck up for spares as I have totally lost confidence with these Surfs.
Any help would be much appreciated.
If you want to sell the truck please put an add in the for sale section. Thanks
We managed to get home; luckily, we had only just started the journey and managed to slowly limp back the 5 mile that we had just covered.
Anyway I left the truck cool down over night, I removed the rad cap this morning (outside temp was -5 degrees) so engine was stone cold, started the engine and immediately the coolant erupts like a volcano from the rad, I think its fair to say that the head has gone at a genuine 76000 miles. Its such a shame as the truck is immaculate in every way.
My question is (and I have searched the forums) is there an engine workshop manual for the kzn185 motor? As I am tempted to replace the head, alternatively I might simply break the truck up for spares as I have totally lost confidence with these Surfs.
Any help would be much appreciated.
If you want to sell the truck please put an add in the for sale section. Thanks
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