Well seems the ailing head gasket has finally given up.
After a perilous drive in to work this morning. The heater supply hose burst filling the cab of the Rover with steam so thick I could not see the road let alone the other 3 lanes of morning rush hour traffic all of us going 70mph. I finally rolled the window down and Ace Ventura'd the Rover to the side.
The head gasket has been pushing coolant past the expansion tank cap for 3 years. So it was no surprise when Friday I burst the top radiator hose and then today burst the heater hose.
We have a line on a motor from a 1993? that had an ignition fire and burned. The engine was not so bad with just the plastic bits melting. We will start on it this week, I hope. My buddy hopefully will pick it up Wednesday.
The good news in all this is we will rebuild my 4.2 and drop it in his 1991 replacing his anemic 3.9.
I'll let you know how it all turns out.
