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(Message started by: davidberryman on Dec 25^th, 2006, 10:32am)

Title: 2.3 water leak
Post by davidberryman on Dec 25^th, 2006, 10:32am

Hi, having cured coolant fans not cutting in on running engine up to temp steam from near thermostat, found crack behind therm housing...am i right in thinking this'll be a new manifold job, if so does anybody have one and what kind of job is it to replace......HAPPY CHRISTMAS....

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by RichardMS on Dec 25^th, 2006, 11:07am

Yes you are correct in thinking it is a new manifold, (around £230), I would try a repair as some have done first as it might only be the start of your problems, (split head between cyls 2-3), Hope it isn't though :-/

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by Matt on Dec 25^th, 2006, 1:44pm

keep an eye on the coolant resevoir, if the heads cracked, you'll get the nasty pale gunge in the tank. then it's a new head and a lot of flushing :-/

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by jonnycab on Dec 25^th, 2006, 2:26pm

You could try repairing it using a hot knife, to seal the crack.
Then use some Quick Steel to repair over it :)

Or if you'd like, I could send you some of my wifes home made, Christmas, sage & onion stuffing....that stuff should seal it up good & proper..... ;D

...I reckon I'm gonna need a kangoo to get that out of the bottom of the dish.... ;D }{

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by TiberiuS on Dec 25^th, 2006, 7:21pm

on 12/25/06 at 14:26:41, jonnycab wrote:

Or if you'd like, I could send you some of my wifes home made, Christmas, sage & onion stuffing....that stuff should seal it up good & proper..... ;D

...I reckon I'm gonna need a kangoo to get that out of the bottom of the dish.... ;D }{

So that's where our Christmas stuffing came from then, eh? >:(

Was going to use it to repair the cracks in the old lath and plaster ceiling but it's all stuck in a lump in my belly ;D

Merry Christmas Jonny...and everyone else ;)

Regards, Bruce.

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by jonnycab on Dec 25^th, 2006, 10:19pm

Bruce...it's no good for repairing lath & plaster........it may be plyable for about 30 minutes, but after that, it sets rock solid....so a bit heavy ;D

Probably good for engine block repairs though....... ;D

Merry Christmas Bruce & a happy new year..

....all the best....Jonny... & Caroline (the maker of the sticky(epoxy resin) sage & onion stuffing) :)

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by davidberryman on Dec 26^th, 2006, 11:08am

Thanks...gonna try a repair, let you know how it turns out, though without stripping it looks suspiciously like a problem caused during or subsequent to head gasket failure (previous owners apper to have jubilee clip around ECT and a lot of sealant!)

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by shaun on Dec 27^th, 2006, 8:11pm

you can get a two part sealer from halfords i put some on my car in may this year canot rember the name but one tube is red n white the outher is black n white,it also has 25 years shelf life,,,so get your self off to halfords ,,,wat i did was remove the water filler cap and then sand the cracked plastic ,mixed the two part mix n dabed it on the hole,left it a hour n half then added some more then left the car 4 a day to harden off, good luck n happy new year,,

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by jonnycab on Dec 28^th, 2006, 12:07am

Not seen the sealer from Halfords Shaun, but I'll have to check it out :)

My manifold is still holding strong since I fixed it three months ago with a hot knife & Quick Steel.

If your gonna fix it Davidberryman, then this may come in usefull....just scroll down a bit ;)

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Advice;action=display;num=1164278326

Title: Re: 2.3 water leak
Post by davidberryman on Dec 31^st, 2006, 1:47pm

Thanks Jonny, gonna have a go next weekend, thanks for link, Happy new Year