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    Quote Originally Posted by roverrescue View Post
    Bubbles in reservoir
    no bubbles that i saw that is why i thought it was odd

    but yeah... my gut tells me your right and a pressure test should confirm beyond all doubt i would think..
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    Fitted a Turners head 3 weeks ago. TDI was using water intermittently and overheating. No bubbles or water in oil. Everything else cooling wise had been replaced in the last few years. Figured it was either the head or gasket. Pulled the head off and the gasket was fine. No obvious cracks in head. The new head cured the water loss but not the overheating. I then changed the viscous fan even though it was only a few years old and I could not really stop it with a paint brush when hot. Made a big difference to temps but I am still not convinced I have solved it yet. Radiator next.

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    check the vactuator first.
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    Apologies
    My poor comprehension
    I thought you wrote bubbles in coolant in original thread.

    So how far did you drive / idle for the engine to swallow a tankful of coolant?

    Normally a HG leak head blowout is preceded by hard hot running?
    Was the coolant system all operational no dramas up until you found an empty expansion tank?
    I think Dave is indicating the system may not have been fully bled (due to whacked ejector) and then this event was essentially burping of the system

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    its happened once right?

    maybe not jump to conclusions and see if it happens again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blknight.aus View Post
    check the vactuator first.
    This.

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    Inc - did you wait for the engine to get to operating temp/wait for thermostat to open? The TDi's take ages to get to operating temp.

    Check this first. Then see if you have pressure by squeezing the top coolant hose

    I find the header tank caps don't last very long. I seem to replace these about every 12 months just as precaution.
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    thanks for all the input

    will be looking into the vacuator thing and making sure i get it good and hot etc over the next few days..

    has only done it once

    it has never over heated during my ownership

    i have a vdo mechanical temp gauge on it and it never goes over 92deg unloaded and only ever gotten to 95deg with the van on going up a bloody long hill.

    i have had the egt's over 750 a couple times tho...

    will update the thread when i find out more
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    If it is the ejector just replace it with a brass Y piece.
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