SFHB
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Hi folk ...
Please bare with me as to the full description of this message. I've just had a call from a very good friend that "Left England" a number of month's ago to tour the french waterways but has been plagued with engine issues soon after arriving.
He/they own a 43ft steel dutch cruiser fitted with a Deutz PT43 /106HP engine that keeps building coolant pressure and will not dump the pressure. So day one of cruising the pressure slowly rises all day and dumps coolant into the header tank. Over night the pressure does not drop but remains the same (I thought it should drop as it cools) and so day two of cruising the coolant pressure continues to rise, again dumping water into the header tank.
Day three release all pressure before starting, top up the coolant and start the cycle again.
It's has a cylinder head gasket changed and radiator caps have been replaced.
Can anyone put their finger on this fault please or if you need more info I'll get it as right now being stuck in a French marina is not ideal.
Many thanks
John
Please bare with me as to the full description of this message. I've just had a call from a very good friend that "Left England" a number of month's ago to tour the french waterways but has been plagued with engine issues soon after arriving.
He/they own a 43ft steel dutch cruiser fitted with a Deutz PT43 /106HP engine that keeps building coolant pressure and will not dump the pressure. So day one of cruising the pressure slowly rises all day and dumps coolant into the header tank. Over night the pressure does not drop but remains the same (I thought it should drop as it cools) and so day two of cruising the coolant pressure continues to rise, again dumping water into the header tank.
Day three release all pressure before starting, top up the coolant and start the cycle again.
It's has a cylinder head gasket changed and radiator caps have been replaced.
Can anyone put their finger on this fault please or if you need more info I'll get it as right now being stuck in a French marina is not ideal.
Many thanks
John