Bugger!!! Water pouring out from O/S cylinder head.
This is more of a blog post than a question or answer, but the info it generates might be useful to readers.
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So my replacement DG engine, bought second hand, (it has been re-conned by VW and fairly recently judging by it's external and internal condition), has passed it's 2000 (+) mile confidence test. It runs sweet and uses no oil or water and since I reset the (hydraulic) tappets and gave it another oil & filter change, it is even sweeter.
So, I decide the next thing to do is to put the required amount (£25 worth
) of G12 anti-freeze / corrosion inhibitor in it.Then what happens...
As so often happens, it starts to leak from the rad
Not only that, it also starts dripping from 2 places on the o/s head to jacket seal
I though "oh god no, not again", taking the engine out again , break studs, disturb the liner base seals , having to buy £100 worth of gaskets plus Oil and filters, do I take the liners off and mess with circlips etc or force the seals over the liners etc etc.
Then re-assemble, re-fit engine and hope it is all done correctly.
No I just couldn't face all that after all the times I did it over late winter / spring this year, with 3 different engines, before getting this very nice engine off Billy. (btw, the rubber seals look like new from the outside).
So, I read up on other similar posts and on the wiki, and discovered many folk have had success with using the later generation of Wynnes Stop Leak (which works differently to the earlier types such as Radweld etc).
Further research led me to K-Seal, which works the same way as Wynnes, and has lots of satisfied customers on other marque forums.
So in it goes and so far so good, all leaks stopped.
Apparently this stuff does not block the fine rad tubes, though others may wish to add to that comment.
I will post back with any relevant findings from my personal experience.
Needless to say, fingers tightly crossed here !!
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