|
General Volvo and Motoring Discussions This forum is for messages of a general nature about Volvos that are not covered by other forums and other motoring related matters of interest. Users will need to register to post/reply. |
Information |
|
GuttedViews : 3613 Replies : 39Users Viewing This Thread : |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
May 25th, 2019, 21:55 | #31 |
Experienced Member
Last Online: Today 12:49
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: L/H side
|
No on the Evans, have you read all the negative things about it ? apart from it being an extortionate price and you have to pay an extortionate price for the pre treatment .. also if your engine is overheating and allowed to go up to 180C with no steam showing your engine will be scrap metal ..The engine is not designed to run at 180 c . Another thing , water is a far better remover of heat than Evans waterless coolant ..
__________________
My comments are only based on my opinions and vast experience . |
May 27th, 2019, 11:09 | #32 |
Member
Last Online: Feb 27th, 2024 21:27
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Colchester
|
One of the bonuses of driving like an old fart is that the average mpg is over 44 and still climbing and strangely, it’s not taking any longer to get to my various destinations.
670 miles since the last bleed and still no major loss of coolant. |
May 27th, 2019, 22:01 | #33 |
VOC Member
Last Online: Yesterday 10:50
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Further North than the Back of Beyond
|
Long may it be so!
|
May 27th, 2019, 22:20 | #34 |
Missing the point
Last Online: May 1st, 2024 18:59
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Stoke-On-Trent
|
Surely a good used engine from a breaker will come to much less than £1500 fitted?
__________________
Tim 1968 Volvo 145 long term project. Currently without a Volvo daily driver. |
May 28th, 2019, 16:56 | #35 |
Premier Member
Last Online: Yesterday 17:17
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Aylesbury
|
I can't see a gasket issue going away just because you bled the cooling system.
If a head gasket leak or a leak from a cracked block or similar were the cause then it would be back with a vengeance straight away. Instead, it looks like a straightforward (Straightforward? LOL!) cooling system issue. When I had a similar issue with my old Ford Zephyr V4 41 years ago, including the coolant bottle exploding on the motorway, I eventually tracked it down to a blocked water channel wherein a copper reinforcement on the inlet manifold gasket had slid out of place and blocked the channel when I fitted the gasket. The price for that was a new gasket and a bottle of elbow grease. |
The Following User Says Thank You to Sotosound For This Useful Post: |
May 28th, 2019, 18:46 | #36 | |
Member
Last Online: Feb 27th, 2024 21:27
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Colchester
|
Quote:
It’s very obvious there’s guys on here who know their stuff, but I feel I’m telling him his job and nobody likes that. Other mechanics I know keep telling me to pour steel seal into my cooling system, but I’m flatly refusing to do that. For the time being I’ll nurse the car along until I can happily afford an XC 60. At least that’s the current plan. |
|
May 28th, 2019, 22:14 | #37 |
Premier Member
Last Online: Yesterday 17:17
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Aylesbury
|
It's a shame that you don't have access to a local Volvo specialist. They're handy for this kind of thing.
|
Jul 23rd, 2019, 07:34 | #38 |
Member
Last Online: Feb 27th, 2024 21:27
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Colchester
|
Thought I’d give an update, if anyone is interested. I’ve put a further 3000 odd miles on the car and have to bleed it every thousand miles or so. I’ve gone through about three mug fulls of coolant in that time. The system slowly pressurises and when coolant starts appearing around the top of the expansion bottle, I bleed the system. The car still runs like a dream and fingers crossed it will carry on doing so for a couple more years.
|
The Following User Says Thank You to concrete For This Useful Post: |
Jul 23rd, 2019, 09:24 | #39 | |
Experienced Member
Last Online: Today 12:49
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: L/H side
|
Quote:
In any case it will be cheaper to find a similar engine for a few £100 and fit that ..
__________________
My comments are only based on my opinions and vast experience . |
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Clan For This Useful Post: |
Jul 23rd, 2019, 14:51 | #40 | |
Member
Last Online: Feb 27th, 2024 21:27
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Colchester
|
Quote:
Certainly uncertain times where car buying is concerned, I think diesels will be demonised even more than they are now and it’ll be hard to know what to spend my money on. Hopefully I’ll get a bit longer to see if the choices improve. |
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|