kodi Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 hi so i have a 2001 rs four stagea and was driving and the car over heated and blow the radiator iv had the car towed to a work shop so can fix it and went and brought a new radiator and was going to fix it tomorrow the owner of the work shop has done it for me and has rang me and said its done the head due to it just bubbling over and spitting every where they also said that they found some red liquid in there that they said was seal tight? how do i go about making sure it is the head/head gasket? how much am i looking at to fix it rad.xspf Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 If its indeed bubbling over because of head gasket and not just air bubbles, it will be exhsust gasses getting into cooling system. A tk test should be able to confirm. Google tk test for explanation. I would be making sure its been properly bled first. Head gasket replacement with labour will be a lot of $, 2-3k depending how far you go with servicing head, replacing timing belt, head studs and associated bits and pieces. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodi Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 ok so im going to check if its the head gasket tomorrow if it is ok ill replace it if it turns out that its not the head what could be the cause of this problem Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Air in the system. Try bleeding it using the funnel in the rad technique with heater set to hot and running on full. Google again will show you what you need to know. Is it a turbo engine? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodi Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 yeah its the rb25 det neo Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodi Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) rad.xspf was filmed with a potato sorry for bad qulity Edited November 17, 2017 by kodi Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Video doesn't work on my phone. Cant see whats going on. Sorry. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodi Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 oh its the video of it bubbling Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodi Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 well all fixed thank god was something easy and quick just a blocked up thermostat and ended up busting the radiator so replaced both them and runs perfect again 2 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Thats good news mate. You must be relieved. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodi Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 that i am Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/472698-possible-blown-head/#findComment-7859282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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