Another holiday stuffed JGC sprung a coolant leak.

[FARWEST]

Originally Posted by SouthernComfort

Thanks Pete, doing everything to avoid s**t happening, can never cover 100% of possibilities though.... That Murphy bloke is a PITA, sorry he got in your way mate, why can't he be cancelled l ask? Bloody fanatics manage to 'cancel' everyone except those who most deserve it

And that my friend IS Murphys Law right there !!!

[Jeeper6]

Originally Posted by drover

That was my thoughts in swapping out that plastic thing, actually could have done a far neater job but just getting old, in case my code and turbo loss the other day was a plug or sensor I pulled what I could, cleaned or made sure they were okay and put it all back together, bluddy MAP was oily and annoys the crap out of me, really would like to just vent the catch can but end up with drips on garage floor......

Pulled the MAP sensor and EGR tube on my new toy, the EGR tube was oily and covered in sooty crud, a wet oily in fact, and the MAP sensor was as you would expect caked solid with crap as well.
It has obviously never been out in the 100,000kms it has traveled.

My new catch can arrived today too, so that will be going on in the next couple of days...

[SouthernComfort]

Originally Posted by LeCheese

Christ, it's gone up again! Was $249 not long ago, and <$200 when it first came to market a number of years ago. But as you said, compared to a buggered holiday, it's a small price to pay

Yep, he's got a nice little monopoly happenig. Stuart said he sells heaps, so I suppose he's likely to keep pushing the price point as long as they're turning over. He'll soon know when he's hit the ceiling. Can't find anyone else making them in Oz on a commercial basis. Queue any interested entrepreneurs!

[drover]

Originally Posted by FARWEST

Time to McGyver a floor tray I'd say mate....few oily spots dont scare me...owned Range Rovers for 30+yrs...if it aint drippin oil, there's none in it...was my experts advise after he took a few $k off me buyin seals...made sense if nothin else

Thought that, actually have one to catch the pool from the AC, not because of water stains, I went arse over tit, slipping on the stuff when the place was new and too damn old for that sort of thing now, I don't bounce ............. It does vent a smoky haze and stink like buggery as well, thoough in the Colorado vented into the chassis rail never noticed it.... Stand By a mod may be happening soon... a cunning plan is taking shape.

[67HR]

Originally Posted by Jeeper6

Pulled the MAP sensor and EGR tube on my new toy, the EGR tube was oily and covered in sooty crud, a wet oily in fact, and the MAP sensor was as you would expect caked solid with crap as well.
It has obviously never been out in the 100,000kms it has traveled.

My new catch can arrived today too, so that will be going on in the next couple of days...

Hi Jeeper,
Just back from a jaunt through the WA wildflowers and wheatbelt. 2400 klms in 2 weeks and my Laredo has just clocked 118,000 klm. Never missed a beat and so glad I fitted a Flashlube catch can 30k ago. Since fitting it I've had no MAP sensor issues and drain about 40mls off it every 5k.
EGR tube and MAP are now a powdery soot not the oil encrusted crud!
Cheers

[OLMATE]

Originally Posted by 67HR

so glad I fitted a Flashlube catch can 30k ago. Since fitting it I've had no MAP sensor issues and drain about 40mls off it every 5k.
EGR tube and MAP are now a powdery soot not the oil encrusted crud!
Cheers

Great to hear mate, mines the same, For the size of the Flashlube, it has a fantastic CFM Flow rate