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kevin_R
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Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« on: Feb 23rd, 2006, 10:57pm » |
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My coolant is loosing about an inch of water a week, and dispite looking all round for a leak i just cannot find one , i even put some light coloured cardboard down overnight under the radiator, but nothing ! it is driving me nuts, i mean if there's a leak , i would see it wouldn't i ?
Thanks in advance guys
Cheers !
Kevin_R
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tony
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Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: Feb 23rd, 2006, 11:14pm » |
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Well, you would - unless it's going out of the exhaust as steam!
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Geoff_W
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Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: Feb 23rd, 2006, 11:20pm » |
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Or a seep when you are driving around, whats the seal like on the rad cap Kevin?
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cossie_al
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Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 10:18am » |
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Hi Kevin,
I had a similar prob on my last car. It was loosing water slowly but I couldnt find where untill during a long motorway journey I pulled over to top up screan wash and noticed a tiny jet of steam from one of the rubber hoses leading to the heater matrix. The hole was minute and only became aparent during full operating temps.
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Annelk
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Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 6:43pm » |
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I recommend that you follow the coolant faultfinding pages here.... My car had a slow coolant leakwhen I bought it in 02, that turned out to be the core plug at the very back of the cylinder head.... not wishing to dismantle the engine to get to it, I used Radweld..... and it's still holding up 4 years later.... mind you the thermostat did stick closed last week 
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david_molloy
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Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 7:45pm » |
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Not wanting to be alarmist.
Hope that you haven't the dreaded leak between the V which rots the wiring loom insulation.
Well documented on site
david
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Baz
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Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 8:01pm » |
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He doesn't have a "V" David!!
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Biggles
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Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 10:24pm » |
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As already mentioned, mine too turned out to be the core plug at the rear of the engine. Only to be confirmed by a pressue test.
Peter.
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david_molloy
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Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 11:18pm » |
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Thanks Baz
Thats what comes of making assumptions.
Didn't notice 16V burgerking
david
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