The light seems to go on randomly, not related to cornering or hills, or time.
Once on it stays on until the ignition is turned off. If I immediately turn off the ignition and on again after the light goes on, it stays off until the next random event.
Not sure about the dipstick, it looks right, I filled with 8L of Toyota 10W40 oil (sent by roughtrax with their service kit) and it reads full on the dipstick. Is that going to be too viscous when cold?
Temperature wise here it's not uncommon to be -30C at winter, so far it's been -15C most nights, days it gets over freezing sometimes.
The car was overheating under heavy load, tried changing thermostat and tracing any leaks, eventually took the head off, got it pressure tested and resurfaced as it was not perfectly flat. It never massively overheated as we kept an eye on the temp, the oil had a bit of sludge, but not really much. It had been changed last year just before I got it.
As for the clip I found in the sump here's a shot.
Cheers, she's a, friendly looking machine, in pretty good nick overall. But here in France car's are not cheap, and it's not easy to find good ones unless you want to travel a long way. Eventually found this one, so impressed with it off-roading and in the snow!
Once on it stays on until the ignition is turned off. If I immediately turn off the ignition and on again after the light goes on, it stays off until the next random event.
Not sure about the dipstick, it looks right, I filled with 8L of Toyota 10W40 oil (sent by roughtrax with their service kit) and it reads full on the dipstick. Is that going to be too viscous when cold?
Temperature wise here it's not uncommon to be -30C at winter, so far it's been -15C most nights, days it gets over freezing sometimes.
The car was overheating under heavy load, tried changing thermostat and tracing any leaks, eventually took the head off, got it pressure tested and resurfaced as it was not perfectly flat. It never massively overheated as we kept an eye on the temp, the oil had a bit of sludge, but not really much. It had been changed last year just before I got it.
As for the clip I found in the sump here's a shot.
Yeah that's a good question. I know the head's been off before so hopefully it was something that was dropped in, as opposed to something that should be inside the engine.
When I got the sump out properly I found another large bit of the same plastic, I suspect there were some bits too to complete the piece but I didn't strain the oil.
Anyone recognise it?
The half moon cap thing fills in the space at the back of the head behind the camshaft.
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just went & had a look at your other post - nice looking car dude!
Cheers, she's a, friendly looking machine, in pretty good nick overall. But here in France car's are not cheap, and it's not easy to find good ones unless you want to travel a long way. Eventually found this one, so impressed with it off-roading and in the snow!