Hi All
Had my self converted camper a 2007 2.3 Fiat Ducato Maxi now for eighteen months and on Friday van started up as normal but was smoking excessively, checked all fluids and found the expansion bottle empty, refilled water bottle and took for a quick spin to get it up to temp to check for any water leaks but none found
Parked up and left for approx. an hour then rechecked water level and the expansion bottle was empty, checked oil level and the level on the dipstick had gone up So looks like the Head gasket has blown
So took it to a friends garage and started to strip it down, got the head off but can't see any damage to the gasket So looks like I've just wasted about six hours stripping everything out
So i'm after any ideas/your thoughts on how else the water has got to the oil sump?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Carl
Had my self converted camper a 2007 2.3 Fiat Ducato Maxi now for eighteen months and on Friday van started up as normal but was smoking excessively, checked all fluids and found the expansion bottle empty, refilled water bottle and took for a quick spin to get it up to temp to check for any water leaks but none found
Parked up and left for approx. an hour then rechecked water level and the expansion bottle was empty, checked oil level and the level on the dipstick had gone up So looks like the Head gasket has blown
So took it to a friends garage and started to strip it down, got the head off but can't see any damage to the gasket So looks like I've just wasted about six hours stripping everything out
So i'm after any ideas/your thoughts on how else the water has got to the oil sump?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Carl