hi every one iam in need of help!!!
story starts with a small coolant leak which was lossing about 1.5lt every two days but yesterday the coolant is being pushed out of exp tank.
i filled the coolant up to the rim emptyed the exp tank and started her up from cold.20 min later at 2000rpm the exp tank was full and blower was cold.
let her cool down and a quarter of the coolant was sucked back up. but still took 1 and 3 quarters to fill up again.whent to get children from school 6 mile all in all and had to fill up again the coolant is dark green and when cold take the rad cap off and start her up and the coolant over flows the neck.any idears thank jason
- (#9411) jason k, 19 Mar 04 10:51
It sounds like your small leak is getting worse!
Best off repairing it quick before it gets so bad it dumps all your coolant and wrecks the engine.
- (#9411) dave Bright (Bournemouth), 19 Mar 04 11:40
First check/change radiator cap and rad hoses. lift seat and watch hoses at idle speed and on high revs. if hoses suck in on selves thats your problem...
- (#9411) Iain, 19 Mar 04 13:18
That sounds serious to me, if the water pukes out when you rev it I suggest you get the coolant checked for exhaust contamination.
Are you friends with your bank manager?
- (#9411) Master_Simon, 19 Mar 04 20:09
I don't want to raise false hope ("dark green" sounds bad) but the Ace cooling system must be re-filled VERY slowly or air is trapped in various places - such as the heaters. Then when it warms up that air expands and pushes out a lot of coolant. A quick top-up and you've re-created the same problem - which may have started after your inital leak.
Fill very slowly, to the brim in the rad and half-full in the exp tank. Check and top up under cap every time it cools down until it stays brim full.
- (#9411) Dave (Sussex), 22 Mar 04 02:46
jason,
I feel by what you say that you may have to take off the head to see if head gaskit has blown or you have a cracked head,you now have a problem to find a good garage,let us know the area you live and maybe someone can recommend a garage
dennis
- (#9411) dennis, 23 Mar 04 10:33
hi i live in the south wales vallys rhondda that is thanks for all the help
- (#9411) JASON K, 24 Mar 04 15:47
when you ran her for the first time did you run the heater too,i found this helped air locks to go .
- (#9411) ruth howse, 26 Mar 04 00:57
hi all filled the system so slow that christmas has come for everyone but not me. i feel as the prob is in the head gasket thanks to all
- (#9411) JASON K, 26 Mar 04 13:07
Hi Jason.
Have you fixed that leak yet?
- (#9411) dave Bright (Bournemouth), 26 Mar 04 14:07
Hi jason. It does sound a little like a head gasket.
If you take off the oil filler cap is there whitish gunk? this would mean water mixing whith oil.
A cheap check is to get a garage to do a gas check on the coolant for traces of fuel in the water system £3 - £6.
A head set will cost you around £30 if you fancy doing it yourself, if you do you may as well regrind the valves to boot (I did)
I hope this has helped. Ian.
- (#9411) Ian salter, 30 Mar 04 19:29
Greetings,
After being made aware of your site and some of the difficulties you've experienced, I felt compelled to leave our company link for you. I realize this is likely not proper, so I will not pitch a sale here. If you read our site and choose to further explore, we do have two dealers in the UK.
Kind Regards,
Doug
- (#9411) Evans Cooling Systems, 30 Mar 04 22:07
Dave, do you want to handle this one, LOL
- (#9411) david miller, 30 Mar 04 23:22
Don't mind fielding this one at all dave.
Hi Doug,
I bought a 55 US gallon drum last year and tried it out on my Townace and my Fathers Omega.
Works great on the Omega but not on the Townace. The main reason is that the expansion tank is outside the pressurized system and is prone to absorbing moisture from the air. This leads to 5% water content in the cooling system generally. On the Omega though the expansion tank is pressurized and forms part of the thermostat bypass system so that coolant constantly flows through it. No problem with water content here happily. A Zero pressure radiator cap wasn't perhaps the best idea either, as this allowed moisture to penetrate the system much easier and resulted in an even higher water content.
Sadly I blew a head gasket 3 months after installing NPG+ but I have no idea if it was the NPG+ or old age that caused it. It was good stuff though because even with a blown head gasket, I was able to drive around for 3 weeks with no overheating at all! Happily I have sold off 3/4 of the 55 gallons to non Townace owners and will be ordering another barrel soon.
PS you may know me better as Dave from Automatic Windings, your UK distributor.
- (#9411) dave Bright (Bournemouth), 31 Mar 04 00:14
Hi Dave,
My apologies for not making the connection. I've sent a copy of your post down to our sales / tech support. Of course you’ll expect to hear this, but I do not see how NPG+ could have contributed to the gasket failure. I do understand the atmospheric water absorption would be a problem with the tank. Zero pressure; may I suggest you move up to a 7lb cap. For a few reasons, that is our latest recommendation. Do you have our old instructions? Take a look at our tech pages > installation guide.
Regards,
Doug
- (#9411) Evans Cooling Systems, 31 Mar 04 16:25