09-09-2018, 07:45 AM
Glad you made it. Take my comments in the spirit they are intended. I was not there, and i am not criticizing the shop.
But before anyone jumps to blown headgasket, lets troubleshoot just a little and also think about the work just done. Was the coach doing this before the tstats were replaced? If not, is it possible that the tstats are defective ot installed upside down? Overheating in 15 minutes says you are getting NO coolant to the coolant engine. I have driven a series 60 with a breach between the cylinder and the coolant circuit over 200 miles and it did not overheat.
Drain a pint or so of the engine oil into a clear jar. Let it sit then tilt the jar about 45 degrees and look at the low point. If there is coolant in the oil, then you probably do have a blown gasket or cylinder leak. If not, then i would exhaust all other possibilities before i pulled the head.
Was the head retourqed when the valves were adjusted? If so, is it possible a head bolt was missed?
But before anyone jumps to blown headgasket, lets troubleshoot just a little and also think about the work just done. Was the coach doing this before the tstats were replaced? If not, is it possible that the tstats are defective ot installed upside down? Overheating in 15 minutes says you are getting NO coolant to the coolant engine. I have driven a series 60 with a breach between the cylinder and the coolant circuit over 200 miles and it did not overheat.
Drain a pint or so of the engine oil into a clear jar. Let it sit then tilt the jar about 45 degrees and look at the low point. If there is coolant in the oil, then you probably do have a blown gasket or cylinder leak. If not, then i would exhaust all other possibilities before i pulled the head.
Was the head retourqed when the valves were adjusted? If so, is it possible a head bolt was missed?
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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