MY VW TRANSPORTER 2.4 DIESEL IS OVERHEATING

HI ALL

NO SIGN OF GASKET DAMAGE , BUT EVEN AFTER A SHORT JOURNEY THE WATER IS BOILING AND THERE IS PRESSURE IN THE HEADER TANK IS COMES BURSTING OUT WHEN I OPEN IT EVEN AFTER 20 MIN OF THE ENGINE NOT RUNNING..NEED HELP?

1993 2,4 D VW T4 TRANSPORTER AAB ENGINE :( :(
Reply to
t4
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What have you done to check for gasket damage?

Reply to
Joseph Meehan

How do you know the HG is OK, but from what you say the head needs to come off!

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Woodchuck

"" wrote: > t4 wrote: > > HI ALL > >

i checked for murky colored oil and oil in the coolant no sign of it . but it gets real hot .

shawn

Reply to
t4

Those are some inductors of head gasket problems, but you really need to do more.

Reply to
Joseph Meehan

It seems you have eliminated everything likely other than the one you don't want it to be. I sure looks like the head gasket. Do a compression check

Reply to
Joseph Meehan

how to do a compression check?

shawn

Reply to
t4

You either find someone with a compression gauge for a diesel or you buy one and follow the instructions.

I suggest you may want to buy a shop or repair manual for your transporter. It will have detailed instructions, trouble shooting guide and most important in this case, the compression norms for your engine.

Reply to
Joseph Meehan

thank you for your help mate ..

i will do that

shawn

also if my car smokes when i put my foot down the color of the smoke is black .. quite a bit of smoke comes out when you rev it .. ?

what could this be ?

shawn

Reply to
t4

It could be normal. Diesels tend to do that. It could also mean a injector timing issue.

Reply to
Joseph Meehan

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