Thanks again to everyone. We have got the head back on and she is driving a dream, much better than when we first bought her, and so far has lost no water (must purchase a low coolant alarm from hayden)

Now all i need to do is drill and tap the exhaust manifold bolt that i sheared off, and cure the ...

Thank you all for your reply, the head dose not seem to have any damage from heat at all, also with a precision edge the head has not warped.

To Hayden, we are at St Cleers Way. I cannot see any brown lines on the head. I will post some pictures on here when i can upload them.

Thanks

Carl

Hello Everyone

The water pump failed in my bongo and she overheated.

After this she has been starting lumpy with lots of white smoke, and not picking up on revs for at least 10 seconds from start up, this along with water disappearing from the tank with no leaks visible has led me to believe that ...