Blew my engine day one of holidays. Truck kaput...
I posted some info about this in another thread I had going but rather than derail that one, I thought I'd post a new thread.
We were scheduled to leave Thursday Aug 9 for 3 weeks but didn't get out til the 10th.
Got the TT all ready to go, loaded up etc and left Calgary around 8 Friday morning. Smooth trip all the way to Golden, stopped at DQ for a milkshake and headed for the Rogers Pass.
Got to the first snowshed and did my usual gauge check. Crud! Engine temp up in the red. Got through the shed and pulled over off the road and shut it off. Steam poured out from the back of the hood. Got it cooled down, full tank of water in the TT, got it filled up again but water pouring off the back of the engine.
Called a towtruck, 658 bucks later had the truck and TT towed in to Revelstoke.
Short version, guy got into it, changed a blown hose on the back, fired it up, 2 minutes later its blowing the rad cap overflow. Pulled the rad cap off, tried again, a geyser coming out of the reservoir.
Anyone who knows engines knows that's compression going into the water jacket. Most likely a head gasket. Engine got hot out there towing up a long hill dragging 10,000 pounds behind.
So here we are, broken down in Revelstoke with nothing to pull the rig with.
Argh...
Overnighted in the TT parked beside tow yard shop. Next morning we walked over to Dennys in Revelstoke for the most disgusting breakfast ever. Yuk, don't ever eat there!
Great.... so much for a glorious 3 weeks at a resort parked by the ocean...
We were scheduled to leave Thursday Aug 9 for 3 weeks but didn't get out til the 10th.
Got the TT all ready to go, loaded up etc and left Calgary around 8 Friday morning. Smooth trip all the way to Golden, stopped at DQ for a milkshake and headed for the Rogers Pass.
Got to the first snowshed and did my usual gauge check. Crud! Engine temp up in the red. Got through the shed and pulled over off the road and shut it off. Steam poured out from the back of the hood. Got it cooled down, full tank of water in the TT, got it filled up again but water pouring off the back of the engine.
Called a towtruck, 658 bucks later had the truck and TT towed in to Revelstoke.
Short version, guy got into it, changed a blown hose on the back, fired it up, 2 minutes later its blowing the rad cap overflow. Pulled the rad cap off, tried again, a geyser coming out of the reservoir.
Anyone who knows engines knows that's compression going into the water jacket. Most likely a head gasket. Engine got hot out there towing up a long hill dragging 10,000 pounds behind.
So here we are, broken down in Revelstoke with nothing to pull the rig with.
Argh...
Overnighted in the TT parked beside tow yard shop. Next morning we walked over to Dennys in Revelstoke for the most disgusting breakfast ever. Yuk, don't ever eat there!
Great.... so much for a glorious 3 weeks at a resort parked by the ocean...
