Recent content by 12hT1986

Bad news… Had the fj40 parked in the shed ready to pull the water pump last weekend, noticed a puddle of water under the car, and traced it to the sump plug. So drained oil and got a decent amount of water out before a steady stream of oil from the sump… left a bucket under the engine for a few...

I can guarantee you every dump that exists in remote/rural Australia will have at least one 40 series in it. Plenty of people especially cattle stations still use them simply because of how tough they are, but the 70 series are more popular

At this stage I’ll believe anything!!!

Made a bit of progress Checked the lower rad hose for collapsing and found it wasn’t Managed to get a digital thermometer and also picked up some R-20 chemical to put in the cooling system which I have got in there at the moment Won’t have time to pull the water pump for a few days yet so...

I think that will end up being this weekends job, I’ll reinstall the original water pump that came off the 2F. It was never leaking but the bearing was a little tight. Do you know if I could swap bearings from the one that’s on the engine now?

So if I check for this and find that the hose doesn’t collapse when the engine is revved, that should indicate the pump is no good? As I know for a fact there’s no spring in the lower hose

Haven’t checked for collapsing I presume you mean the rad hose, I know there is no spring inside the hose but I will check for collapsing next time

When I ran the previous engine I tried putting the thermostat back in which I tested in hot water, didn’t make any difference unfortunately Took the exhaust off today and also made no difference

Did some more experimenting today Unbolted the hot dog, I am nearly certain that it isn’t the issue as it isn’t crushed and I can see directly through it and there’s nothing obstructing the flow of exhaust, all I achieved was scaring all the kangaroos away 😂 The coolant temp reached it’s usual...

After todays experimenting I think I’m starting to lean towards the water pump as it’s the same one I used on the old engine

Heater has been completely removed and I have blocked it off with a bung screwed into the top of the head where the coolant outlet used to be Belts and pulleys are all as they should be, I think the water pump might be the next thing to point the finger at but when I had the hoses disconnected...

Right, so this morning I switched radiator caps over from another FJ40 with an F145 and original radiator that sits on 80*C all day regardless of driving techniques I found that the engine temp took a LOT longer to get up to operating temperature, every morning I go around the same paddock...

I am about 2 and a half hours drive from the nearest town (3 if I am in my 60 series) but I’m pretty confident I should be able to track down a digital thermometer most towns out my way are very industrial because of all the mining. In terms of looking at engine temps I felt the top and bottom...

Took the cruiser for a short drive this morning and after the engine got to operating temp I half opened the radiator cap as I wanted to see how much pressure had built up as I was suspecting the radiator cap, as I opened it I noticed the water in the radiator was a dark greyish brown colour...

Took the fj for a quick spin just then and once it had reached operating temp, released the rad cap to let some pressure out as I thought mabye the cap was faulty, noticed the water coming out of the rad was pretty filthy. Looks like it will take more than water to get whatever’s in there out...