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1 minute ago, xmanz said:

Am i unlucky in the fact my 07 v36 at only 63,000k has done a head gasket as bubbles come up and push water out of radiator.  So is this just a thing thats happened or what may cause this?  probly looking at 2500 nz  thanx ill no go and be depressed...:)

You may be unlucky as to the fact that your clock is probably wound back if the head gasket is done at "63k"
 

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4 hours ago, xmanz said:

Am i unlucky in the fact my 07 v36 at only 63,000k has done a head gasket as bubbles come up and push water out of radiator.  So is this just a thing thats happened or what may cause this?  probly looking at 2500 nz  thanx ill no go and be depressed...:)

Where do you live? Should be able to fix that for less than 2.5K

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8 hours ago, xmanz said:

Am i unlucky in the fact my 07 v36 at only 63,000k has done a head gasket as bubbles come up and push water out of radiator.

Just air bubbles? Have you considered that maybe you just have air trapped in your coolant and not a blown head gasket?

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Agreed. If there are no obvious signs of oil mixing in with the coolant, the coolant itself needs testing first. It'll be a lot easier than what your mechanic is proposing. He's jumping the gun a bit there.

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On 2/19/2020 at 7:43 PM, KiwiRS4T said:

Where do you live? Should be able to fix that for less than 2.5K

im in napier the guy thinks upwards to 3 grand     and seems to think the engine may have to come out or drop the front away!!!

he may be reading wrong stuff..  so to do head gasket does the whole timing covers have to come off?   or can heads be done insitu....

 

thanx guys 

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16 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

Well, yeah, most of it - certainly at least the top part. The VQs are chain driven, yes? But pulling timing covers off is not the difference between affordable and not.

i got a bit lost on last part of your statement       ( But pulling timing covers off is not the difference between affordable and not.)

im trying to assertaian if the front has to drop away and take radiator out for acess   cheers

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30 minutes ago, xmanz said:

front has to drop away and take radiator out for acess

Do you mean remove the front of the car? Hell no. Take radiator out? Quite possibly. But that's not expensive work. Neither is removing the timing covers. That's what I meant when I said "But pulling timing covers off is not the difference between affordable and not". If it adds an hour to the job it's an extra hundred buck or so, right? Not an extra $500.

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28 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

Do you mean remove the front of the car? Hell no. Take radiator out? Quite possibly. But that's not expensive work. Neither is removing the timing covers. That's what I meant when I said "But pulling timing covers off is not the difference between affordable and not". If it adds an hour to the job it's an extra hundred buck or so, right? Not an extra $500.

ok that sounds not too bad is the timing cover one piece or is there a top section thats not behind pumps and  things...

btw i had a search for v36 workshop manual  and g36 for 2007  cant locate any ideas

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When it is all fixed I  would have the rad fan checked (I would think they are a clutch fan) blow a head gasket in our D.Max at 130K and five years old. Don,t rely on your temp guage I  ran a scanguage 11 in our Isuzus and that how I seen the temp rise, nothing showed this on the vehicles temp guage.

 

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