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RCHOO Grand Master

RCHOO

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What started off as a small drama grew to a major problem yesterday......... :/

I blew a small hose at the back of the head that goes to the turbo..A bitch to get to

buy i fixed it ..all good till i took it for a test drive..the temp kept getting higher i pulled in to a servo around the corner from my place and it was boiling its ass off.. not just boiling water but a nice thick

light brown thick oil based gunk..i knew this was not good i waited a a bit and tried to add some water and it was just blowing back out..after a hour a managed go get some water in and i tried to get her home got to the drive way and blew top radiator hose to bits..Head gasket..i hate that..

Great ocean road coming up

The G.P

So on the phone to RE customs and she goes in tomorrow

And i will find out how bad she is :(

So i will get a lift with a mate for tomorrow nights A.G.M

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Mavric Grand Master

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arrr nooooooooo :(

Sorry to hear Wayne,

Mate all i can say is you are lucky your car will be in good hands... Ray is tops he will hook you up and sort you our asap...

Hope it's not too much of a costly repair.. Maybe a few extra goodies while u are at it ?????

Coupe-This Grand Master

Coupe-This

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perfect time to add cams i must say :P

as the head would be ripped off, machined, perhaps fully rebuilt

such an ass of a job, if RE get their ass into gear its not a lengthy process, all depends if the heads warped etc ... stupid machinests !!!

bad luck wayne... hope she's all hunky dory soon

if u have blown a big hole in the gasket keep it as a momento, i wish i kept the head gasket off my vl when i blew a hole about the size of a dollar coin in it ;)

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replacement head gasket, machine the head (if it wasnt too over heated thats is), chemically flush the radiator, flush out the cooling system a few times an you'll be good to go again mate. I'd guess a workshop would be charging about $1500-$2000 to do this, depending on how dearthey are an how much money they wanna make out of it.

whilst the heads off, should add in there a new timing belt & pulleys as there shouldnt be any etra labour costs to fitting the belt as it had to be removed and replaced anyway (if there cheeky they'd add .2 to .3 of an hour for fitting the pulleys).

best of luck Wayne! Think she'll be back by the GOR cruise?

RCHOO Grand Master

RCHOO

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Sorry to hear Wayne, hope that RCHOO gets better soon. If ya get stuck for a lift to the AGM I'm not far from you, I can give you a lift. Again good luck.

Thanks for the offer mate ..but all under control

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