Another bloody head gasket
Moderator: RichardW
Another bloody head gasket
On my zx td i had a new cylinder head and gasket put on the car at 89000 miles (04/12/2002) and yesterday the heater started blowing out cold, and i noticed coolant coming out of a pin hole in the hose that goes to the matrix. The AA took me home where i replaced the hose today, I then drove to work and on the way i got stuck in an hour of traffic and no overheating, then when on the motorway ( at 75 mph) the temperature went to the line above the line 90 again, i carried on for another mile or so then the temperature went to below the 90, then it conked out, called the AA and they said the head gasket has gone. I use citroen anti-freeze and the car has now only done 119000 miles. Any ideas why it has gone so early.
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It is possible that air got into the cooling system when being refilled, I have had TD engines warmed up with coolant pouring out of all bleed orifices drive down the road and then take another 2 litres! we also dont know how hot it got during the leaking hose stage , possibly it was low on water for a while at the top of the system, ie top of rad, top of head running dry whilst coolant circulates everywhere else. bad luck
Stewart
Stewart
Bad show, Louis1,
FWIW, there is a theory about PSA diesels that the best way to avoid head gasket problems is to stop them failing in the first place.
Hindsight is wonderful!
The inference is that, once they have gone, the slightest adverse condition causes them to fail again.
I understand that this is not much comfort in this situation, apart from heading off feelings of "well, what did I do wrong?"
All the best
rg
FWIW, there is a theory about PSA diesels that the best way to avoid head gasket problems is to stop them failing in the first place.
Hindsight is wonderful!
The inference is that, once they have gone, the slightest adverse condition causes them to fail again.
I understand that this is not much comfort in this situation, apart from heading off feelings of "well, what did I do wrong?"
All the best
rg
hi thought id give you my thoughts.
are you shure it is the head gasket as i work for a dealership and have a lot of dealings with the AA and i have to say that about half the dealings i have had with them, their diagnosis has been tottaly wrong so i would make sure that it has gone before you change it.
have you cheked the oil level to see if it has rissen or checked to see if you can see any leakage from the gasket on the outside.
are you shure it is the head gasket as i work for a dealership and have a lot of dealings with the AA and i have to say that about half the dealings i have had with them, their diagnosis has been tottaly wrong so i would make sure that it has gone before you change it.
have you cheked the oil level to see if it has rissen or checked to see if you can see any leakage from the gasket on the outside.
What happened to this car oringinally was my grandad had it sitting for 3 years doing about 250 miles a year (which he done in one journey to cornwall and back). On the third trip he broke down, what had happened was the radiator had gone and he never noticed so carried on driving and blew the head gasket. So we got the head skimmed and replaced the head gasket. 30000 miles later it went again and my next door nabour who worked for citroen's as a mechanic from 1986 to 1999, said that a skimmed head is never the same as a new one, so i bought a new head and let him fit it. He is on holiday at the moment so i will speak with him when he gets back. i have not had time to have a good look at the car to see if it is the head gasket but the engine is turning over very fast.