[MAX Carpets]

Hi Guys

As you knoe by now I am pretty much useless!! I'm having a bit of a problem with my Blazer plus. I hope this makes sense......

Above the blower there is a cylinder tank, coming ofthe tank there is a pipe that comes out and splits in two and goes in the back of the engine. Where the pipe joins the cylinder I seem to have sprung a leak, I have checked the gasket on the join and it seems fine, so I'm thinking hair line crack maybe?
Has anyone else experienced this? Can it be welded? If not, does anyone have one kicking around? If not what is the pipe called so I can have my account emptied by PROCHEM.

I hope this makes sense. Once again, many thanks in advance for your help........again.

Regards

Justin
07592898298

[Andrew Briscoe]

A picture may help !

Andrew

[MAX Carpets]

I will try.  Not sure what the large cylinder is called. It sits behind the engine, on top of the blower.

Sorry, I know I'm thick.

[Mike Halliday]

is it your water box? does it have a lid you can lift off and look inside?

can you find it on a page here.....

http://www.prochem.com/Upload/KCProductCatalog/9af87494-961c-4629-89d7-be50be67c0a4_67-945579_BlazerPlus.pdf


page 23???

[MAX Carpets]

Hi Mike

No, not water box. It is a silver/metal cylinder that gets extremley hot. I reckon that might help.

[MAX Carpets]

When I say sprung a leak, what I meant to say it is loosing oil from this area.

Sorry

[MAX Carpets]

Heat Exchanger??

It's the pipe from The heat exchanger cylinder into the engine.  Where it joins the heat exchanger it is loosing oil, I checked the gasket looks fine, so I'm thinking its cracked.

[Simon Gerrard]

Heat Exchanger??

It's the pipe from The heat exchanger cylinder into the engine.  Where it joins the heat exchanger it is loosing oil, I checked the gasket looks fine, so I'm thinking its cracked.

It is the exhaust heat exchanger, but it is only hot engine gas, not oil.

Simon

[steven Banks]

Simon is right, it is infact the exhaust heat exchanger unit.

[Kinver_Clean]

Have you just topped up the engine oil? Could it be a carryover to the exhaust?

[MAX Carpets]

no i havnt topped up oil?

[Simon Gerrard]

It is highly unlikely that it is oil - far more likely that the engine isn't burning cleanly and the dirty exhaust which has a certain amount of vapour in it is dripping out of the pipe.
Take a picture of it and post it on here.

Simon

[MAX Carpets]

Gonna get some pics on ASAP. The thing that caught my attention was the strong smell of burning oil and smoke coming from the join. Would this still match what you are saying?

[Kinver_Clean]

Perhaps the engine is just burning oil with the rings wearing. What colour is the exhaust?

[Simon Gerrard]

Yes.
Check the spark plugs, if they are dirty it could be a carb problem. Check the air filter. Dip the oil, make sure it isn't over full.
Your best asking Richie on truckmounters, he's run Blazers for donkeys years.
Simon

[MAX Carpets]

This may sound like a silly question but, I have just de-scaled the machine, could this have any effect?

[Simon Gerrard]

No. The heat exchangers take heat from the engine exhaust and just like a kettle element crosses the heat to the cooler cleaning solution and so the two never touch.
your problem seems to be dirty exhaust gas.
I'm assuming the water in your water box isn't dirty?
Simon

[MAX Carpets]

water box is fine

?Ihave posted pic of the join on the other side

[MAX Carpets]

Just checked plus, one as black. Cleaned both and put back, now its running like a bag of nuts, missing and banging?

[AshWhite]

Try removing the air filter