11-07-16, 05:24 PM
(11-07-16, 04:26 PM)markie_wales link Wrote: Thanks for the response fellas.
Brown - fan seems to be working OK - and was definitely running when I got home! I'd pay good money for someone to prove a twig/stone got stuck in there, caused it and then shook itself loose
pilninggas - not heard of the block test. Would that be a case of running it for a while and supplying some of the coolant to the mechanic? If so that's well worth a tenner or so to confirm of eliminate head gasket. How long would I need to run it for - 20 mins of so?
cheers
Markie
The kits I have used have a bulb full of the detecting solution that gets placed over the rad-cap hole. It wont take much CO2 concentration to trigger it.
tbh all these big multicylinder yamahas don't seem prone to head gasket failure (or they rarely reach the mileage where the gasket has been ablated enough), so my guess is that the cause of your loss-of-coolant incident lies elsewhere.