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NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Athens Greece
I own a 90, auto, 4.0 Litre XJ,
I was coming home from a 700km trip, normaly during overnight trips, needle stays over the line before 100..at about 90,this time when aproching at the end of the trip needle was at about 95+.
When parked at home i noticed water leaking from under the car and propably from water pump....i asked my mechanic, he said that i would propably need a new water pump...ok till here !!!
He also told me that for a few days and if the leak wasnt major, i could use the car by filling water, i did that for few days cause i needed the car for a very serius reason, temperture NEVER gone to the red spot, but leaking has started to go big, and filling more and more frequently so i took the car by car assistance to mechanic.
He changed the pump with a new one filled the cooling system with paraflu and started the engine....when needle went just over 100....pressure at the water botlle was so much that a small crack was made....so leaking has started again, we fixed that, the mechanic said that i have "burn" a head gasket so air form cylinder was going to the cooling system...
Some more facts, car at idle was a bit like loosing rythm, car wasnt running very smooth, like had no power at mid revs....also we tried with less water and botlle cap open so we loose some preasure but water still over flowed... No water in oil ! No oil in water !!! No white smoke from exaust.
Please advice....is it only gasket? a crack in the head ? or something that i im not aware of ?
I was coming home from a 700km trip, normaly during overnight trips, needle stays over the line before 100..at about 90,this time when aproching at the end of the trip needle was at about 95+.
When parked at home i noticed water leaking from under the car and propably from water pump....i asked my mechanic, he said that i would propably need a new water pump...ok till here !!!
He also told me that for a few days and if the leak wasnt major, i could use the car by filling water, i did that for few days cause i needed the car for a very serius reason, temperture NEVER gone to the red spot, but leaking has started to go big, and filling more and more frequently so i took the car by car assistance to mechanic.
He changed the pump with a new one filled the cooling system with paraflu and started the engine....when needle went just over 100....pressure at the water botlle was so much that a small crack was made....so leaking has started again, we fixed that, the mechanic said that i have "burn" a head gasket so air form cylinder was going to the cooling system...
Some more facts, car at idle was a bit like loosing rythm, car wasnt running very smooth, like had no power at mid revs....also we tried with less water and botlle cap open so we loose some preasure but water still over flowed... No water in oil ! No oil in water !!! No white smoke from exaust.
Please advice....is it only gasket? a crack in the head ? or something that i im not aware of ?