Thread: Melted Block And Head

the bottom hose on my rangie blew with the old man driving it - yeah I heard something boy, I wondered what it was??????

totalled after he kept friving for about 10 minutes total and utter melt down

Not sure how long I was driving it after the hose blew. I smelled coolant and pulled over - the motor was still running OK.

If it wasn't that then the last overheating issue I had was almost 4 years ago. There was definitely no missing after that - have had LPG fitted since then and no mention of problems.

Andrew

I've heard of cases of less than 10 minutes on a blown hose doing that damage but the blown hose was the symptom not the cause.

The engine had been over heating and cooking the cooling system via a dead headgasket for ages but a leaking expansion cap, low speed short driving were masking the symptoms. Untill it was taken out and given a thrash on a highway. The cooling system couldnt cope blew the hose off and it was driven till it stopped one melty head, block and piston later.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

I've heard of cases of less than 10 minutes on a blown hose doing that damage but the blown hose was the symptom not the cause.

The engine had been over heating and cooking the cooling system via a dead headgasket for ages but a leaking expansion cap, low speed short driving were masking the symptoms. Untill it was taken out and given a thrash on a highway. The cooling system couldnt cope blew the hose off and it was driven till it stopped one melty head, block and piston later.

That sounds like what happened to my rangie dad was towing a huge trailer 3000km south at the time it went - ulitmately my fault for not ensuring it was up to the task