All is well on planet stu and the land of zed (at fooking last) drives lovley and quick. but, a few minor issues i need help on.

 

1. After a good drive, noticed the turbo boost gauge isnt working on the dash, but the tubs are defo working, there is a small hissing, possible vacuum hose, that ive forgotten about to the rear of the plenium, would this cause the gauges not to work? as everything else is fine?

 

2. Another good drive, get home, and notice the top rubber pipe to the rad is the size of a tennis ball, by the hard water pipe? this surley isnt normal? is it?

 

3. Let it cool down, and take out for a little spin, when i parked up, heard pipe pop and water start pissing out. have a look and the upper heater matrix hose has a pin sized hole in it, left it over night.

 

Replaced the damaged hose with new, ran the car, temp shows normal, the hose is still big and has plenty if not too much pressure in it.

 

Does it sound like the thermostat is working or not, or is it the water pump? CAn they be checked they are working?

 

If i put the heater on, it gets warm but not hot, but i can hear water travelling though it.

 

I ran the car for for an hour on tick over, and a quick drive the electric fan kicks in and the heater is the same, and the hose is still big. Any ideas?

 

Fooking zeds

All is well on planet stu and the land of zed (at fooking last) drives lovley and quick. but, a few minor issues i need help on.

 

1. After a good drive, noticed the turbo boost gauge isnt working on the dash, but the tubs are defo working, there is a small hissing, possible vacuum hose, that ive forgotten about to the rear of the plenium, would this cause the gauges not to work? as everything else is fine?

 

2. Another good drive, get home, and notice the top rubber pipe to the rad is the size of a tennis ball, by the hard water pipe? this surley isnt normal? is it?

 

3. Let it cool down, and take out for a little spin, when i parked up, heard pipe pop and water start pissing out. have a look and the upper heater matrix hose has a pin sized hole in it, left it over night.

 

Replaced the damaged hose with new, ran the car, temp shows normal, the hose is still big and has plenty if not too much pressure in it.

 

Does it sound like the thermostat is working or not, or is it the water pump? CAn they be checked they are working?

 

If i put the heater on, it gets warm but not hot, but i can hear water travelling though it.

 

I ran the car for for an hour on tick over, and a quick drive the electric fan kicks in and the heater is the same, and the hose is still big. Any ideas?

 

Fooking zeds

 

The hose that's like a tennis ball may have de-laminated and could be causing a blockage. Does the hose feel thin at this point.

 

Paul

If you have a hissing and no boost gauge it's probably the vaccum pipe that runs off the back right of the balance bar. This connects to the boost gauge.

 

Check the pipe and replace if necessary and hopefully you cure both problems at once.

Stu, to be honest fella, not youve got the car up and running again, personally i would change as many of the cooling system pipes ASAP. the vast majority i had with my zed was all caused by the cooling system (burst rad, burst both matrix hoses and the matrix itself, top rap hose). I know its more money to spend fella, but i think silicon/hard pipe replace ments is the way to go. These water pipes are getting so old now, most will fail at some point in the future, prob sooner rather than later.

 

Just my opinion of course, but i would hate to see another zed off the road caused by overheating, especially as i learned the hard way!

 

HTH

 

nick

To test that the thermostat is working, start it up from cold, then put your hand on the bottom rad hose (the really long one). it should stay cold until the engine gets up to temp and then get warm very quickly. If it warms up slowly then the thermostat is stuck open.

 

Im pretty sure this is the best way to test, but no doubt duffer will correct me if im wrong.

Stu, to be honest fella, not youve got the car up and running again, personally i would change as many of the cooling system pipes ASAP. the vast majority i had with my zed was all caused by the cooling system (burst rad, burst both matrix hoses and the matrix itself, top rap hose). I know its more money to spend fella, but i think silicon/hard pipe replace ments is the way to go. These water pipes are getting so old now, most will fail at some point in the future, prob sooner rather than later.

 

Just my opinion of course, but i would hate to see another zed off the road caused by overheating, especially as i learned the hard way!

 

HTH

 

nick

 

 

Cheers Nick,

ive just ordered, a load of samco stuff, rad hoses and boost pipes, will be chatting to Smithy re replacing all the vacuum hoses, to the silicone red ones and get loads of stainless bolts and do it all to match up. A Nismo low temp thermostat and new water pump is on order, and im just about about to finish the last coat of the cam covers to match all the other stuff. Looking superb if i dont mind saying so myself.

Looks like the next few weeks will be a busy boy.

 

This is what it looks like at the mo.

No worries fella. At least you can be confident you shouldnt have any water leaks in the future