hi all im a newbie

[jamie]

my fordson major starts fine but recently when i turn her off and leave for about 10 mins water shoots out the exhaust she is parked under shelter and has been doing the in the dry soo no rain as gone down exhaust

any ideas

[Fixersteve]

Hi Jamie and welcome to the forum! Has you exhaust got a small hole in the bottom of the U bend where the exhaust pipe slides in??

[henk]

Check your cooling system. If the water level is going down, then you know where it is going.
That would mean a head gasket or liner leak.

[jamie]

hi all no the elbow hasent got hole in it i think she is losing water aswell

[Dandy Dave]

There is suppose to be a small pin hole in the bottom of the elbow. It may be plugged with rust. Do you have anti freeze in it? If so, the exhaust will have an antifreeze smell. Take the radiator cap off and start it cold, look to see if air bubbles are comming up though the coolant before it warms up. If you see air bubbles, you have a bad head gasket, (Most likely.) or a crack in the head or a leaky sleeve that has cavitated and has a pin hole that rusted from the coolant chamber in. ( Least likey but possible.) Dandy Dave!

[henk]

Also check if your pressure cap works right.

[jamie]

yeah i will check that tomoz the rad cap does hissssssssss a bit when warm leaking not much just a tiny bit