new owner with 16 diesel water cooled

[molly60]

diesel 1986 problems
picked it up and on saturday on the way home the pipe exploded can anyone help
could it be the head or gasket or something else

[kit]

Need a little more information.

[molly60]

driving along started too overheat then the pipe exploded it is watercooled
need to know what causes the pressure could it need gaskets or head or somthing else
this is our first vw so we have not had a good start
what other info do you need
tried to download photo but it would not let me
Dai

[molly60]

IF I DO THE HEAD DO I NEED NEW HEAD BOLTS?
Dai

[kit]

First thing is check for oil in water/ water in oil, then replace hose also replace the blue Dalek head on the header tank these can fail and cause hoses to burst.

[molly60]

THANKS MATE NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT
WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW I GET ON

[psychonaut]

Molly60 - put your location in your profile, someone close to you may be able to come and have a look and point you in the right direction.

And yes, if you take the head off, you should use new bolts when replacing it

[Sagemagoo]

Had similar recently - overheating then burst pipes. I put a pressure tester on the header tank and found it the engine was pressurising the coolant system = head gasket failure.

The other tell tale sign was when I tried to bleed it using Baxter's method, the coolant would gush out from the header tank with the cap off.

Once the replacement head was on it still overheated - turns out the thermostat was fried. The dalek cap also failed the suck test, and lastly my rad was well sludged up. Sorted those out and now my needle now sits in the middle quite happy at long last...

I'd check for obvious oil contamination as above (check the inside of the oil cap for signs of coolant getting in and frothing up), replace the broken pipe, stick a new thermostat in whilst the coolant is out, flush out the rad, test the dalek cap and then fill up making sure the system's bled properly following Baxter's guide( don't forget heater controls on hot). Keep an eye on the pressure - don't want to burst another pipe..

If that lot fails you could could be looking at the head gasket.

[molly60]

took the head off and it will be skimmed tuesday or wednesday
the head gasket has gone and there was no thermostat in it - conned or what
WE LIVE BETWEEN OSWESTRY ,SHROPSHIRE AND WELSHPOOL ,POWYS CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE BEST PLACE TO GET PARTS - HEAD GASKET -THERMOSTAT ETC
Cheers
Dai

[molly60]

sorry meant head being pressure tested not skimmed

[Sagemagoo]

took the head off and it will be skimmed tuesday or wednesday
the head gasket has gone and there was no thermostat in it - conned or what
WE LIVE BETWEEN OSWESTRY ,SHROPSHIRE AND WELSHPOOL ,POWYS CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE BEST PLACE TO GET PARTS - HEAD GASKET -THERMOSTAT ETC
Cheers
Dai

I use combination of GSF (in a hurry) and Brickwerks (better quality and know what their doing..) although my Brickwerks delivery arrived this morning at 7am and woke every bugga in the house up

[molly60]

HAVE TRIED SEVERAL PLACES BUT AM HAVING PROBLEM GETTING THE TRIPLE HOSE WHICH COMES OFF THE HEADER TANK TO THE WATER PUMP AND FEEDS THE RADIATOR ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEAS - LIVE POWYS /SHROPSHIR BORDERS ARE THE PARTS OF A T25 AND T3 1.6 DIESEL WATER COOLED THE SAME?

[Sagemagoo]

Try posting in the wanted section, it would help you can see a part number printed on the hose or a piccy - I'm sure someone will have one...

[Grumpy Midget]

HAVE TRIED SEVERAL PLACES BUT AM HAVING PROBLEM GETTING THE TRIPLE HOSE WHICH COMES OFF THE HEADER TANK TO THE WATER PUMP AND FEEDS THE RADIATOR ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEAS - LIVE POWYS /SHROPSHIR BORDERS ARE THE PARTS OF A T25 AND T3 1.6 DIESEL WATER COOLED THE SAME?

Answer to above question yessssssssssss.

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[molly60]

not shouting eye sight not what it was ...................SORRY