MOZ
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Hi Guys - (Landcruiser Colorado - 1999) I'm really looking for some good advice from you experts, the thread might be somewhat long (sorry) but I need to give you the full story.
For sometime I have been losing coolant, sometimes nothing other times quite a bit, I must also state I mainly use the Landcruiser for towing my large twin wheel caravan.
So recently, apart from changing the complete brakes & discs all round, I decided to change the Radiator and top & bottom hoses (all new) as I thought I might be losing coolant, I could never see it and there is none in the Oil.
So this has all been done, I went to take it out last week with the caravan on the back and it 'boiled' over, blew the expansion tank cap off and it was like a steam pipe, the radiator, top & bottom hoses were very hot also. (only done 10 miles)
When I had the new Rad fitted and was running it around without the caravan I was still losing some coolant, so I was advised to put some 'steel seal' in the rad, which I did.
I have now used the Landcruiser on a couple of occasions (without the caravan) not used any coolant, do not appear to see any water leakage anywhere, rad and hoses very hot (20 mile trip)
Temp Gauge - when it boiled over it went right up, but at present it is doing what it has always done, within approx 2 miles it goes up to just below halfway, after 20 miles, still in the same position. So I'm now looking for some good sound advice, anyone have any without seeing the cruiser?
Thanks.
For sometime I have been losing coolant, sometimes nothing other times quite a bit, I must also state I mainly use the Landcruiser for towing my large twin wheel caravan.
So recently, apart from changing the complete brakes & discs all round, I decided to change the Radiator and top & bottom hoses (all new) as I thought I might be losing coolant, I could never see it and there is none in the Oil.
So this has all been done, I went to take it out last week with the caravan on the back and it 'boiled' over, blew the expansion tank cap off and it was like a steam pipe, the radiator, top & bottom hoses were very hot also. (only done 10 miles)
When I had the new Rad fitted and was running it around without the caravan I was still losing some coolant, so I was advised to put some 'steel seal' in the rad, which I did.
I have now used the Landcruiser on a couple of occasions (without the caravan) not used any coolant, do not appear to see any water leakage anywhere, rad and hoses very hot (20 mile trip)
Temp Gauge - when it boiled over it went right up, but at present it is doing what it has always done, within approx 2 miles it goes up to just below halfway, after 20 miles, still in the same position. So I'm now looking for some good sound advice, anyone have any without seeing the cruiser?
Thanks.