i have a 2001 ford transit duratorq 2.5.
i have had it rebuilt 3 times, the first time we changed the head gasket and water was still getting in, the second time i bought a second hand bottom end, thinking my old one was cracked and it still lost water, so now i bought a brand new cylinder head fitted it today and was driving home and 20mins later the same problem,it was losin water. please can somebody help me i have run out of solutions

Andrew, August 2009

sounds like your oil cooler is at fault-its situated just above oil filter.

k, August 2009

If its a head gasket problem, expect water to be gushing out of the expansion bottle....here's a wild shot. Do these engines have a water cooled oil cooler?

John, August 2009