overheating is back

[phines]

My VX and at least one other had the same head bolts break. I think it was the one closest to the front of the engine all the way on the passenger side.

[zadam123]

My VX and at least one other had the same head bolts break. I think it was the one closest to the front of the engine all the way on the passenger side.

can you see it from the top of the engine or do i have to look under the car?

[Y33TREKker]

can you see it from the top of the engine or do i have to look under the car?

Assuming that's what the problem with your VX is, head bolts are used to fasten the heads to the engine block. To see the tops of the head bolts, the valve covers have to be removed.

Maybe the members here who've mentioned having that particular front-passenger side head bolt break will provide specifics on which section of the bolts actually broke, but if they broke above the threads, it's possible that you'd be able to turn a broken bolt by hand once the valve cover was off.

Can't say that I have any other suggestions at the moment for what may be causing the overheating.

[zadam123]

Assuming that's what the problem with your VX is, head bolts are used to fasten the heads to the engine block. To see the tops of the head bolts, the valve covers have to be removed.

Maybe the members here who've mentioned having that particular front-passenger side head bolt break will provide specifics on which section of the bolts actually broke, but if they broke above the threads, it's possible that you'd be able to turn a broken bolt by hand once the valve cover was off.

Can't say that I have any other suggestions at the moment for what may be causing the overheating.

ok i an a novice so before i go crazy trying to figure out if this is the problem is there any way this could be the problem if all winter long i never overheated?

and also this pdf manual dont tell how to take off the valve cover is this hard to do? any writeups on it?

thanks

[Y33TREKker]

ok i an a novice so before i go crazy trying to figure out if this is the problem is there any way this could be the problem if all winter long i never overheated?

and also this pdf manual dont tell how to take off the valve cover is this hard to do? any writeups on it?

thanks

I'd rather let one of the other members who have actually had those head bolts break weigh in as to whether it affected their VX's during the winter. However, if it was a broken head bolt causing the problems you're having, I'd personally imagine that kind of thing would probably cause problems regardless of ambient temps. Not sure about that though.

[Edited to add] - How was that for timing?

If you're looking at the .pdf file that's available from this site, try searching for "cylinder head cover LH" rather than "valve cover". It appears the "LH" side is the one for the passenger side, and as (good) luck would have it, that side doesn't seem to be as difficult as the driver side.