RY's MY06 XT Forester - Going up
#1
Posted 14 March 2012 - 09:48 PM
Drove it home and it starts to over heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not happy Jan.....
Was fine the whole time when I test drove it, I looded at the coolant and all the fluids and all seemed a ok. THe car drove fine the whole trip home from Sydney to Newcaslte, but then when I went to leave the girlfriends to finally come home (10 minute drive) it started to overheat... Hot then normal, hot then normal..
Thought it was just a thermostat, replace, still overheated. Asked the local radiator place to do a TK test on it. Said it didnt need it, it was the radiotor blocked. so i got the radiator and the engine flushed with new coolant and another new thermostat. Still overheated, (with bubbles in the overflow mind you) so finally worked out my fears were spot on, Head gasket failure. The car is currently sitting in a family friends shed about to be pulled apart. I ordered a VRS kit so basically all gaskets will be replaced while the motor is out. Its been a few months since i bought it and its basically just sat there. Seems like such a waste but hopefully will have it back on the road soon.
Model: 2005 MY06 XT Luxury
K's: 120,000
Colour: Silver
The first week I had it...
Mods along the way
And currently looks like this
Current Mods
Asthetics
- Air Freshener (lol)
- Zerosports Triple gauge pod and pillar pod with Oil Pres/Oil Temp/Water Temp/Boost gauges
- Blacked out headlights
- 06 WRX Bucket Seats in Leather
Engine
- Proccess West Intercooler and splitter
- Proccess West CAI
- Turbosmart kompact BOV
- Xforce 3" Turbo back exhaust
- grimspeed 3 port boost solenoid.
- throttlehappy tune (162kw @ all 4)
Suspension/Handling
- Enkei SAA 18 x 7 rims 45 offset painted Black with Kuhmo KU27s 225/45/18
- 03 WRX wagon Struts and springs
Brakes
- WRX 4 pots with 330mm AVO big brake upgrade
- Rear Liberty GT single pot calliper with 290 x 18mm vented discs
- Bendix Ultimate pads
Planned Mods (in order)
- Centre muffler
- Rear Sway Bar with HD mounts and HD endlinks
- New window tint
- 02 STI scoop
- STI tailghts
- Rear Wing
Time is the greatest hurdle in this build
MY95 Liberty Wagon (Silver)
MY06 FORESTER XT LUXURY (Silver)
(With lots of Extras to come)
#2
Posted 14 March 2012 - 10:02 PM
Can't wait to see it's progress
#3
Posted 14 March 2012 - 10:31 PM
MY95 Liberty Wagon (Silver)
MY06 FORESTER XT LUXURY (Silver)
(With lots of Extras to come)
#4
Posted 14 March 2012 - 10:42 PM
Hopefully the overheating isn't a major issue and an easy fix. Fingers crossed for you mate!
#5
Posted 20 March 2012 - 08:12 PM
Fingers crossed....
MY95 Liberty Wagon (Silver)
MY06 FORESTER XT LUXURY (Silver)
(With lots of Extras to come)
#7
Posted 20 March 2012 - 08:21 PM
hopefully just thermo stuck or blockage.
MY07 GT spec B
#8
Posted 20 March 2012 - 08:25 PM
OEM thermostat wouldve been a bit better as the grimmspeed lowers the temp too much i reckon
Give it a good proper bleeding after a flush aswell its easy as to do yourself (as i found out today)
#9
Posted 20 March 2012 - 08:47 PM
#10
Posted 20 March 2012 - 09:43 PM
test drive before you bought?
hopefully just thermo stuck or blockage.
yeah I took it for a good test drive before I bought it and it ran fine.. Drove it all the way home from Sydney to Newcastle as well and it didnt skip a beat.. Was only when i got home and went to do a short trip it started to play up
Nice buy
OEM thermostat wouldve been a bit better as the grimmspeed lowers the temp too much i reckon
Give it a good proper bleeding after a flush aswell its easy as to do yourself (as i found out today)
yeah I tossed up about going OEM, will see how it goes...
Fingers crossed Ryan, let us know how it goes!
yeah will do Grant, hope it turns out well.. It honestly feels like Im cursed to own cars that want to overheat..
MY95 Liberty Wagon (Silver)
MY06 FORESTER XT LUXURY (Silver)
(With lots of Extras to come)
#11
Posted 20 March 2012 - 09:49 PM
But regardless hope it sorts it out for you
#12
Posted 23 March 2012 - 04:03 PM
But now I have a new dilema, when I took the underlining off to my horror I saw this..
Split CV boot, getting it fixed at a place around the corner from mine.. CBF doing it myself and the guy who works there has looked after me before so Im happy to go back to him..
But here are some happy snaps...
Stock as a rock, not for long though... Cant wait to get going on the modding...
MY95 Liberty Wagon (Silver)
MY06 FORESTER XT LUXURY (Silver)
(With lots of Extras to come)
#13
Posted 23 March 2012 - 04:31 PM
I would have gone to the kitchen, collected a brown bag, dropped my dacks, pinched off a loaf in said bag, done up dacks, stickytaped bag, placed bag in envelope, and mailed it right to your face for being such a tool.
It's ok, sometimes when we herp, we also derp.
#14
Posted 23 March 2012 - 04:52 PM
You like silver a bit?
yes, how could you tell? haha well i couldnt get red or black... Already been done... (cough) Aek, Morgan (cough) chris'
MY95 Liberty Wagon (Silver)
MY06 FORESTER XT LUXURY (Silver)
(With lots of Extras to come)
#15
Posted 25 March 2012 - 07:23 PM
#16
Posted 06 April 2012 - 04:06 PM
Loving life atm.....
MY95 Liberty Wagon (Silver)
MY06 FORESTER XT LUXURY (Silver)
(With lots of Extras to come)
#17
Posted 06 April 2012 - 07:44 PM
Overheating issue not sorted, chainged the thermo and the coolant and it still overheated.. Took it to a radiator place and asked them to do a TK test on it to check for head gasket failure.. Didnt do the test but they flushed the radiator and the engine and then replaced coolant, changed the thermostat again and then charged me $260 and said its all good.. Took it for a cruise around town to really test it out last night and sure enough... Over heating again.. Bubbles in the overflow this time... Pretty sure the head gasket is gone so now im stuck with 2 cars that need a new head gasket...
Loving life atm.....
i'd be going back there and getting your money back seeing as they didnt fix it!
#18
Posted 06 April 2012 - 08:48 PM
MY95 Liberty Wagon (Silver)
MY06 FORESTER XT LUXURY (Silver)
(With lots of Extras to come)
#19
Posted 06 April 2012 - 09:32 PM
The fact that its pushing water out isnt a good sign are you sure the cooling system is bled properly?
Did you check the coolant when you picked the car up?
#20
Posted 06 April 2012 - 09:35 PM
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