kerrie0400
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i have an 04 str with the zd30 motor.
recently had new water pump and radiator cap replaced because it was over heating.
After that i done a c02 test and it was fine but than i went on a trip and on the way home i could smell coolant had a look and it was the little line that comes off radiator just below the cap that came off, put it back on didnt think much of it.
couple days later after a short 10min drive i turn the ute off and popped the bonnet cause i could hear the overflow tank bubbling but the coolant wasnt really hot to touch?
I than changed the radiator cap to the origiinal one which seem to have stop the problem but than it started leaking a little bit off coolant around the overflow tank but there is no hole or crack in the tank i think it was coming out of the top of the overflow bottle
i than done another c02 test which was fine until the motor got to operating temp than the c02 tester turned green but the motor still is not overheating it runs around the half way mark which it always has.
I need to know if i have a blown head gasket or much worse a cracked head?
can anyone tell me which head gasket the zd30 has as i have been told there are 2 different types?
I can get it fixed for about $1200
recently had new water pump and radiator cap replaced because it was over heating.
After that i done a c02 test and it was fine but than i went on a trip and on the way home i could smell coolant had a look and it was the little line that comes off radiator just below the cap that came off, put it back on didnt think much of it.
couple days later after a short 10min drive i turn the ute off and popped the bonnet cause i could hear the overflow tank bubbling but the coolant wasnt really hot to touch?
I than changed the radiator cap to the origiinal one which seem to have stop the problem but than it started leaking a little bit off coolant around the overflow tank but there is no hole or crack in the tank i think it was coming out of the top of the overflow bottle
i than done another c02 test which was fine until the motor got to operating temp than the c02 tester turned green but the motor still is not overheating it runs around the half way mark which it always has.
I need to know if i have a blown head gasket or much worse a cracked head?
can anyone tell me which head gasket the zd30 has as i have been told there are 2 different types?
I can get it fixed for about $1200