HG gone as I lose water on overflow
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HG gone as I lose water on overflow
During my map the water temp was a bit on the high side, so I suspect the thermostat may be playing up, anyway I have been keeping an eye on the temps and all was ok. After I had been pushing the car a bit hard it instantly overheated ( temp went up near the red ).
I slowed down and the temp stayed the same, up high but not in the red.
Any way got home and I am loosing water on the overflow on the rad so I suppose the head has lifted and the HG has gone.
Options I have will be new HG (cosworth) and uprated studs as I thing its got standard ones in.
Should I split the bottom end to change the shells ?
I ask as its more expense and the engines just been rebuilt , its covered about 400 miles.
I have changed the thermostat to a low temp one but i still loose water as soon at the car is up to temp.
its a 2.5 with V4 heads and forged. I run a 20G billet with 1 bar of boost @ 280 bhp, so very conservative map and its a little on the rich side.
1 pot is a little over tolerance , off the previous build, tiny bit of slap if you have det cans on , you can hear it when its running. I think it has CP non offset pistons.
With the engine loosing water its only done the odd stop start after the thermostat change , but it loosing water.
I slowed down and the temp stayed the same, up high but not in the red.
Any way got home and I am loosing water on the overflow on the rad so I suppose the head has lifted and the HG has gone.
Options I have will be new HG (cosworth) and uprated studs as I thing its got standard ones in.
Should I split the bottom end to change the shells ?
I ask as its more expense and the engines just been rebuilt , its covered about 400 miles.
I have changed the thermostat to a low temp one but i still loose water as soon at the car is up to temp.
its a 2.5 with V4 heads and forged. I run a 20G billet with 1 bar of boost @ 280 bhp, so very conservative map and its a little on the rich side.
1 pot is a little over tolerance , off the previous build, tiny bit of slap if you have det cans on , you can hear it when its running. I think it has CP non offset pistons.
With the engine loosing water its only done the odd stop start after the thermostat change , but it loosing water.
Last edited by ukpaisley; 30 March 2014 at 05:51 PM.
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Sorry, just trying to eliminate the simple (cheap) stuff before you take the heads off... I've experienced failures of the expansion tank, and the filler cap. Possibly try a 1.2 or 1.4bar filler cap (if I remember correctly, this goes directly to the overflow but I might be wrong!)
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I am out of the country for a while, so it will be a while before I get a chance to sort it. Strange it only started to have problems after a spirited drive , I do like to rev my wrx, so thats a bad thing, maybe I should drop the rev limit
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It was filled by a pall of mine who is a bit of a Subaru specialist, the car was ok for about 2 tanks of fuel , no probs, but as I knew the temps were high when it was being mapped I keep one eye on the temp needle, and I saw it rise. I was shifting at about 7.5K along a (private) B road , quite a handful LOL
The garage I use always says its a problem not to air lock a subaru and spends a lot of time to fill the engine, about an hour he says. Cant help think I just pushed it too hard, the prob has got worse to, so changed the thermostat for 70 Deg, and now I have just stopped running it. I will change the caps to see that there is not a simple s/ change them solution, if this fails then I suppose I have a bigger problem. What about the bearings ? change them or risk it ?
The garage I use always says its a problem not to air lock a subaru and spends a lot of time to fill the engine, about an hour he says. Cant help think I just pushed it too hard, the prob has got worse to, so changed the thermostat for 70 Deg, and now I have just stopped running it. I will change the caps to see that there is not a simple s/ change them solution, if this fails then I suppose I have a bigger problem. What about the bearings ? change them or risk it ?
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