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(Message started by: kevin_R on Feb 23^rd, 2006, 10:57pm)

Title: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by kevin_R on Feb 23^rd, 2006, 10:57pm

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

Title: Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by tony on Feb 23^rd, 2006, 11:14pm

Well, you would - unless it's going out of the exhaust as steam!

:(

Title: Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 23^rd, 2006, 11:20pm

Or a seep when you are driving around, whats the seal like on the rad cap Kevin?

Title: Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by cossie_al on Feb 24^th, 2006, 10:18am

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.

Title: Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by Annelk on Feb 24^th, 2006, 6:43pm

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 ;)

Title: Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by david_molloy on Feb 24^th, 2006, 7:45pm

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

Title: Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by Baz on Feb 24^th, 2006, 8:01pm

He doesn't have a "V" David!!

Title: Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by Biggles on Feb 24^th, 2006, 10:24pm

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.

Title: Re: Coolant bottle !!!!!!!
Post by david_molloy on Feb 24^th, 2006, 11:18pm

Thanks Baz
Thats what comes of making assumptions.
Didn't notice 16V burgerking
david