mg zt water in oil - Page 2

SD1too · 11th February 2013, 08:03

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Originally Posted by leebeeuk

...pretty much narrowed the problem down to a cracked block ..

It's up to you Lee but I have serious doubts about this diagnosis. It's a wild guess isn't it. What positive evidence is there? It seems to be a case of 'we don't think it's the head gasket or the oil cooler so it must be a cracked block'. Hmmm.
But more importantly, the block is cast iron. Unless the coolant is plain water and froze, I can't think what could have happened to crack it.

Simon

Mike Noc · 11th February 2013, 10:08

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Originally Posted by leebeeuk

am update for you guys

i read some good reviews about Steal-Seal so decided to give it a whirl.

invested my £30 and introduced it to the cooling system saturday morning.... flushed cooling system through and followed the instructions to the letter....

drove it around for a few miles sunday morning.... seemed to be running smoother than ever..... let it cool, checked the water and all was well....

went for a good drive sunday afternoon running perfectly, drove around for over an hour and temperature was fine blowing hot air continually......

let it cool off again.... just checked the water level and it hasn,t moved....

so far so good.......

That's interesting - keep us informed of how it goes. My daughter has an old VW LT35 Horsebox and it has a similar problem.

Previous owner had a reconditioned head put on and it is still the same. There is no oil cooler so it can only really be the block.

We bought it very cheap as the owner was honest about the problem And at the price I'm happy to either put another engine in, or as other parts for these vehicles are starting to get hard to come by, swap the horsebox onto another chassis.

But it might be worth giving the Steel Seal a punt although we only get oil in the water, not vice versa, so not sure if it can seal when its on the lower pressure side of the leak.

Mike

Woof25 · 11th February 2013, 10:20

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Originally Posted by leebeeuk

am update for you guys

i read some good reviews about Steal-Seal so decided to give it a whirl.

invested my £30 and introduced it to the cooling system saturday morning.... flushed cooling system through and followed the instructions to the letter....

drove it around for a few miles sunday morning.... seemed to be running smoother than ever..... let it cool, checked the water and all was well....

went for a good drive sunday afternoon running perfectly, drove around for over an hour and temperature was fine blowing hot air continually......

let it cool off again.... just checked the water level and it hasn,t moved....

so far so good.......

Hopefully Lee the dire consequences predisted by SD1 wont happen to your engine !! but in the sad event it does these guys are very good re replacment engines and pretty honest too they are Roverbreakers.com in Norwich & website is Roverbreakers.msn.com

hope this will be of use

Mike

Woof25 · 11th February 2013, 10:23

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