I have had a nightmare today, spent yesterday on the car replacing two coolant hoses that were leaking. They are the one that fed the turbo and the one that goes from the thermostat too the heating. Both are situated under the pas pump so the car needs a fair bit of dismantling to get to them.
While i was there i changed the thermostat and i also discovered the cam belt was very loose:eek2: So then i was changing the cam belt too as i know that to tighten an old cambelt is deadly Having finally put the car back together and replaced all the fluid and coolant i went in happy.
This morning took the daughter to school, popped down to work for half an hour and on the way back home the f****ng coolant light came on Got home to discover coolant pouring from the front of the engine. I thought it must be one of the hoses i had done yesterday so the car came apart again. Pressurised the system and it was coming from the water pump this time
By this time it was too late to get one so i ordered one for tomorrow, and another load of coolant and fluid for the pas. So i am back on the Ped till i get it fixed.
Also noticed the cambelt will also fit a Nissan Sunny and Bluebird Didn't realise we shared engines with Nissan The bloke across the road has one but when he replaced his cambelt it didn't start leaking
While i was there i changed the thermostat and i also discovered the cam belt was very loose:eek2: So then i was changing the cam belt too as i know that to tighten an old cambelt is deadly Having finally put the car back together and replaced all the fluid and coolant i went in happy.
This morning took the daughter to school, popped down to work for half an hour and on the way back home the f****ng coolant light came on Got home to discover coolant pouring from the front of the engine. I thought it must be one of the hoses i had done yesterday so the car came apart again. Pressurised the system and it was coming from the water pump this time
By this time it was too late to get one so i ordered one for tomorrow, and another load of coolant and fluid for the pas. So i am back on the Ped till i get it fixed.
Also noticed the cambelt will also fit a Nissan Sunny and Bluebird Didn't realise we shared engines with Nissan The bloke across the road has one but when he replaced his cambelt it didn't start leaking
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