Hello everyone!
It had been close to two years since I have updated everyone on the Jinma Y385T powered Mazda Pickup.
Here is the update:
I have been running the truck a few times a month until this spring when I (again) blew a head gasket. This is the second time I have a blown a head gasket on the engine. This time it was real bad, engine coolent got into into the number 2 cylinder and hydo locked the engine. I pushed it into the barn - and there it sits.
I really doubt that I can use the stock Jinma head gaskets, they really do not seem to hold up.
I am thinking about using a solid copper head gasket and then adding head gasket leak liquid to help seal the little leaks.
If that does not work, then I am really running out of ideas of how to keep this little engine running without blowing head gaskets. The engine has been running great other than the head gaskets. I am really happy with the truck. The Y385T engine seems plenty tough, other than the head gaskets.
I have 45,000+ miles on it, it has proved it's worth a hundred times over, I have hauled tons of river rock, hay and dirt with the pickup. I have run the living crap out of that little engine, I can't believe it has run as far as it has.
Any thoughts?
I hate to leave this project with this head gasket problem, but I am running out of ideas.
Thanks,
-Dan-