Bala offroad 7/11/10

[Bibs]

Oh an it was nice to see you guys, meet new peeps an Danny I hope you got home ok. That nutter in the walnut rangie was behind us leavin - can't believe it was drivable.

[BUSHWHACKER]

[QUOTE=Bibs;671101] Danny I hope you got home ok. QUOTE]


What happend to his truck this time?

[Bibs]

[QUOTE=BUSHWHACKER;671103]

Danny I hope you got home ok. QUOTE]


What happend to his truck this time?

Only a little bit hot an some steam. :-/

[Calos]

[QUOTE=BUSHWHACKER;671103]

Danny I hope you got home ok. QUOTE]


What happend to his truck this time?

Presurising coolent system not looking hopeful; got Dan back to the car park and made sure his recovery was comming before heading home.

Nice to meet you too Bibs.
Ok I got stuck too, but not on some slightly damp grass lol j/k

3 foot of mud and grounded on a couple of hidden boulders respectibly stuck I was lol.


peace
cal

[Bibs]

Lol typical man has to go one better. I wasn't the only one stuck on the wet grass either. :-)

[Bibs]

3 foot hmmmm makes John about 10 foot then lol. Will put video up for you 2mrw Cal. :-)

[Calos]

3 foot hmmmm makes John about 10 foot then lol. Will put video up for you 2mrw Cal. :-)

LOL you know how us chaps exaggerate :P

peace
cal

[dannyboy77]

[QUOTE=BUSHWHACKER;671103]

Danny I hope you got home ok. QUOTE]


What happend to his truck this time?

i eventaully got home about 9.15!

It was a good run out yesterday! Had a good play in the woods with cal and carl! and only got stuck in the mud once were everyone else did! I wanted to see if good old grunt could get me through but bottomed out so that put an end to that theory! Good to see bibs and again spectating! Hehe!

Vince the problem was a coolant pipe to the expansion bottle popped and when I put it back! Had trouble bleeding it as a lot of air in the system so we thought head gasket might of gone and exhaust gases where getting into the coolant system hence bubbling. But when AA came eventually we filled it with water (engine was cold at this point not like before so putting cold water in a warm engine might not have been the best thing to do) all was fine no bubbling and he had a laser thermometer showed that the engine was 92deg top hose slightly cooler bottom hose cooler again but radiator side of thermostat was 54 and engine side was 92 i.e. thermo not opening when it should and I have changed the thermo recently so I think there is pressure in the coolant system which caused the pipe to blow off but will use a pressure gauge on each cylinder to see for sure if head gasket had gone or it’s a thermo issue! I might run the car without a thermo any thoughts?

[CarlB]

[QUOTE=dannyboy77;671247]

i eventaully got home about 9.15!

It was a good run out yesterday! Had a good play in the woods with cal and carl! and only got stuck in the mud once were everyone else did! I wanted to see if good old grunt could get me through but bottomed out so that put an end to that theory! Good to see bibs and again spectating! Hehe!

Vince the problem was a coolant pipe to the expansion bottle popped and when I put it back! Had trouble bleeding it as a lot of air in the system so we thought head gasket might of gone and exhaust gases where getting into the coolant system hence bubbling. But when AA came eventually we filled it with water (engine was cold at this point not like before so putting cold water in a warm engine might not have been the best thing to do) all was fine no bubbling and he had a laser thermometer showed that the engine was 92deg top hose slightly cooler bottom hose cooler again but radiator side of thermostat was 54 and engine side was 92 i.e. thermo not opening when it should and I have changed the thermo recently so I think there is pressure in the coolant system which caused the pipe to blow off but will use a pressure gauge on each cylinder to see for sure if head gasket had gone or it’s a thermo issue! I might run the car without a thermo any thoughts?

thats a result matey, be fantastic if that sorts it
id have thought itn be ok to drive without one, just take longer for the engine to warm up? dont take my word though, ask a proper adult
fingers crossed for ya

[dannyboy77]

couple of vids from yesterday for your entertainment 2 vids of a landy struggling, but to be fair it is an un modded and had road tyres on.

and the other two are CarlB and his amazing daihatsu with a bit of cal thrown in for good measure!

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=PICT0022.mp4

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=PICT0021.mp4

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=PICT0024.mp4

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=PICT0025.mp4

[dannyboy77]

just taken the surf out for a quick drive and a wash! it got up to temp and stayed there nicely no over heating! and looked at the expansion bottle and no bubbling but the cap was letting off pressure so the thermo must be jammed or something but getting a compression tester so can finally put to bed this problem if compression is OK will remove thermo and see what is wrong. May run the surf without the thermo in??

[Calos]

couple of vids from yesterday for your entertainment 2 vids of a landy struggling, but to be fair it is an un modded and had road tyres on.

and the other two are CarlB and his amazing daihatsu with a bit of cal thrown in for good measure!

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=PICT0022.mp4

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=PICT0021.mp4

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=PICT0024.mp4

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=PICT0025.mp4

Top vids Dan, hope the engine has survived, I was thinking the worst when I saw the pressure comming through, be great if it's just that. But like I said I've got very little experience with V8's (for now) Glad you got home safe mate

peace
cal

[BUSHWHACKER]

Vince the problem was a coolant pipe to the expansion bottle popped and when I put it back! Had trouble bleeding it as a lot of air in the system so we thought head gasket might of gone and exhaust gases where getting into the coolant system hence bubbling. But when AA came eventually we filled it with water (engine was cold at this point not like before so putting cold water in a warm engine might not have been the best thing to do) all was fine no bubbling and he had a laser thermometer showed that the engine was 92deg top hose slightly cooler bottom hose cooler again but radiator side of thermostat was 54 and engine side was 92 i.e. thermo not opening when it should and I have changed the thermo recently so I think there is pressure in the coolant system which caused the pipe to blow off but will use a pressure gauge on each cylinder to see for sure if head gasket had gone or it’s a thermo issue! I might run the car without a thermo any thoughts?

You need a breather tank set up, it's like having extra capacity in the cooling system.
Basically you seal the radiator with a valveless cap (no spring part in it) and fit the pressure cap to the breather tank.

Expansion tanks, which is what you have fitted is a different system, they're fine up to a point but not very good at keeping the cooling system full. They sould have been fitted to the 2.4 Surfs at the factory, probably would have saved a lot of craked heads.
http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/breather-...eath-467-p.asp

[Calos]

Mr Jones, do you have that vid of me on the hill uploaded anywhere yet ?

Quite proud of that moment

peace
cal

[CarlB]

Mr Jones, do you have that vid of me on the hill uploaded anywhere yet ?

Quite proud of that moment

peace
cal

that was an epic moment, no messing, straight there and up within 30 seconds of getting there

brilliant clips dan, i think i need to sort a bit of lift . that second clip it just bottomed out , right under me seat by the feel off it.
been lookin on ebay already