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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 6:05 am |
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Coolant is not returning from overflow bottle. Do I take the carby and tailpipe of the manifolds ?. Any tricks ?.
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MrRocky
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 4723 Location: perth
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 6:40 am |
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Nah i just unbolted mine and left them in the engine bay cable tied out of the way. Radiator and timing cover/belt will have to come off
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:38 am |
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fordem
Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 2516 Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Vehicle: 98 SQ420, 05 JB420, 21 A6G415
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 1:41 pm |
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cairns27 wrote: Coolant is not returning from overflow bottle. There are quite a few possible reasons for coolant not to return from the overflow bottle that do not involve removing the head - have you confirmed that removal is necessary?
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:03 am |
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Sorda, It's been happening for a couple of months, just didn't worry about it during winter. I put the breather hole in the thermostat at the front. Mine wasn't, damm, still did it. New hose and lid on bottle, and new radiator cap. It now idles rough, and misses on No. 1 cylinder. What other cause is there ? bye
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fordem
Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 2516 Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Vehicle: 98 SQ420, 05 JB420, 21 A6G415
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:12 am |
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Any leak anywhere in the cooling system will cause it not to build the vacuum necessary to pull the coolant back, and likewise there are other causes of a rough idle and a misfire - you have to be the one to be certain the head gasket has failed and is the cause of the symptoms.
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:22 am |
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I park it on lino, so can see that there are no leaks. When it started running ruff, I pulled the plugs, and No.1 looked iffy, changed the plug lead and cap, no good. It's off now any way Bits of dirt fell on the head whilst I was fooling around, can I degrease it, and then just hit it with air ?. The manifold bolts weren't very tight at all, which is good, 'cause the tension wrench I'll be using is very old and looking a bit rusty, so I might just guess. Any help and suggestions welcome.
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:05 am |
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No.1 actually had water on top of the piston, too hard for an old man like me to post pictures on here.
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:33 pm |
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I had to put it back without a tension wrench, but you know I undid them, so did them up my guess of the same tension. Same day, so I sort of remembered. Anyway 2k"S, and no bubbles, which occurred just zoom. Had been not sucking back from overflow for a while , but not enough to worry about. Easy day job for noob if you don't do machining. I had the gaskets. tar
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:21 pm |
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The reason I did the head gasket was that the idle had got too unpredictable. The miss went away. but still huntered, and idled at whatever it felt like. Standing ovation for "losfer", I remember reading that he said if idle is fucked, it will be the round thing with wires out the end. Just hit it with carby cleaner and air; like a bought one.
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:55 am |
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The packaging says to retension head bolts after 500K's. I can get a wrench at any time now, but..do I loosen them then tension, or just leave them if some are over tensioned ?.
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MrRocky
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 4723 Location: perth
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Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:48 am |
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I think reccomended is 45nm ??? I went 62nm
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
Vehicle: '95 Vitara JXI LWB G16B
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Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:16 am |
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So I don't loosen them?. Just go around and tighten them to say 60nm ?. If they are over tightened, just leave them ?.
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MrRocky
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 4723 Location: perth
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Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:51 pm |
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I doubt they would be over tight I wouldnt loosen them, but follow the torque up sequence in the manual
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cairns27
Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:42 pm Posts: 488 Location: Macleay Island
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:58 pm |
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