Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

The trusty tb45 engine in my Gq started running hot last week. I found a very small hole in the head at the rear close to the heater outlet pipe.
Wanted to do a quick fix with a self tapping screw and ptfe tape , but the hole was in an area of very thin aluminium and became very big.
Took the head off and found only the area with the hole to be thin.
The rest of the head and all the other water plumbing parts are pristine with no sign if damage.
Luckily the engine did not overheat and everything looks like new.

I suspect that this was a cast flaw and a timebomb waiting to bite me somewhere in the sticks.

Will see if my repair shop will be able to do a repair tomorrow.

Laat Graham dit vir jou regmaak!

Baie interesant Christo, eks seker n staalwerk plek sal hom baie maklik vir jou kan weld......dink nie daai is n major issue nie

Jip danie hier by ons weld alles vir 250 rand sê as jy hulp nodig het......micheal het nie gefokus nie nou is daai ac/dc tig nie in sy garrage nie anders het ons somme self
geweld

Die manne wat altyd my ingenieurs werk doen sal die sweis herstel werk doen en dan sommer die kleppe diens en n druktoets doen.
Dan "skim" en terugsit. Die pakstuk stel is klaar bestel.

Dit het my minder as n uur geneem om dit uit mekaar te haal en ek dink twee uur om weer terug te sit.

Sal prentjies plak.

Pakstuk stel.....julle manne kan darem sulke mooi afrikaans gebruik as julle die dag lus is

Michael wrote:Pakstuk stel.....julle manne kan darem sulke mooi afrikaans gebruik as julle die dag lus is

Behalwe dat ek nou geen idee het waarvan die man praat nie

Ha ha Dirk, en vermoed baie sterk hulle verwys na n "gasket set"