Replacement engines for mini diggers.

[Le Sanglier]

Rad was cleaned recently, there was a little pinprick split on a pipe that was losing water, I believe that was the cause. I dunno, I guess I"ll have to wait and see.

It gets used intermittently so I guess I was too eager to get busy after fitting the thumb rather than doing proper checks after a long lay off. I am usually good with my gear, chipper; tipper and grinder still going strong after 10 years each,

I've taken the day off tomozz to get it to someone. Could be worse!

[Le Sanglier]

Well, good things happen to bad people (me!)

Thought about what had been said on here, two things gave me hope.

1; No oil in the water.

2; No water in the oil.

I had a chat with my brother in the UK and we went over it for a bit and overnight whilst running through the sequence I realised my mistake.

After fixing the hose and filling the header tank there was an airlock which prevented the water going through the system. So filling the rad aswell and squeezing the hoses meant that we could get a full system.

I did it this morning and worked it for an hour and no damage done!!!!

In hindsight had it not been raining so hard my thought processes might have been better.

So happy ending! big thanks to Rich and Doobin and the rest of you for helping.

[Matthew Storrs]

Excellant news, bet your pleased about that, I also find these engines very sensetive to fuel blockages in the fuel sediment filter. I must try to better at checking the fluids every time I use, could prevent an expensive bill:blushing:

[doobin]

I love a happy ending! Good stuff.