Tag Archives: Overheat

Taken the water pump out, it looks fine. No damage or wear marks. Also taken several main bearing caps off and check the shells. They all look OK slowly starting to wear off the protective layer – no obvious damage. … Continue reading →

On inspecting the sump it turns out the ring terminal for the earth strap has broken, it was in place so that you could not see it had broken. There was a bit of contact but not much. This is … Continue reading →

Testing Round 1 (not much time): I can hand crank it fairly easily now, it does seem to get a little notchy in places. Also the starter can turn the engine over however I have to hand crank it a … Continue reading →

Was out for a drive today again as it was still sunny, unfortunately the engine over heated after 30 miles – only for a very short period of time maybe 30 second before I noticed. Let it cool but it … Continue reading →