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Today she will live again!!! To close this off - the problem was the 2 bypass hose (Gannon I think you nailed it). I suppose when I looked for it there was not enough pressure in the system to find it - without taking parts of I just never had time to do. Took it to a mechanic to resolve, got lazy a...

Thanks All,

I will have a look at that other hose - should be evident if that's the leak as there will be a bit of mess about after coolant hit the hood.

I will report back - Fingers crossed......(I glad no one is mentioning a HG anymore)

Hi All, Thanks for all the replies. I have a bit of an update...... I decided to just bite the bullet on this one and take it to a mechanic as I wanted to take it away for a week fishing along ninety mile beach and didn’t want to run any risks. Good News - Mechanic replaced a bypass hose with a spli...

HI All, Thanks, I will take a look at the fans tonight with A/C on and off. justincase41 - Yes, it will only drop its water (all of it) if the A/C has been on for a while. So when i go away for the weekend - if I run the A/C on a hot day for a while - only when i stop it drops all the water. I remem...

Sorry - Forgot to say - 1991 L series

Hi All, Wondering if anyone has had the issue I am currently going through as I cant quite figure out what it is. The short of it is that I have a water leak. When I drive along the highway for a few hours with the air con on (have to use it or the dog will melt) everything works fine. When i stop f...

Hey Bennie, Thanks for the info, I will chase a few of those leads. I have tried & previously done some of the work it has needed myself - But have decided it’s probably time to take it to a mechanic to have it looked over properly. Unfortunately, some mechanics do worse work than what i have done a...

Hi All, Fairly new to this - but was looking for some assistance as I want to get my old dog of a car ready for a bit of a trip in a few weeks (fishing/surfing). I have done some stuff on it myself before (fluids, filters, heater core). But I am looking at trying to find a mechanic to get it ready t...

Howdy - new member, new to melbourne, new to my own suby.....picked up a 1991 l series for $2,000 with rego and RWC, had her a few months and am head over heels...would not sell it for 6k now...joined this site as i am looking at putting a bit of TLC the cars way and will need to pick the brains of ...