antz84

Hi peeps , purchased an 05 wrx this week, checked for signs or sludge etc and nothkng , no smoke etc so purchased car, drove it home a couple hundred miles , checked all fluids and noticed water emptied in res chamber topped up, went for asmall drive down to shops checked againand used about inch, topped up and took for a blast last night , used the whole lot, now I can't see a leak there's no smoke or slushy white craps, any ideas ? Car is 05 wrx with 73k

antz84

Also no steamanywhere so rather confused , can't see being head gasket as no white sludge or smokeing anywhere

Danb85

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i had similar thing to you after i bought mine - the radiator was cracked and weeping - but was very hard to see without taking the rad out.

Tidgy

as above check pipe, rad for cracks and after that get a sniff test done

antz84

What's a sniff test?

Tidgy

check for headgasket failure

antz84

Brilliant, any ideas on cost of that ? A will check at weekend for leaks and if can't find any book in for that

antz84

So how and what's involved with this snuff test then ?

Tidgy

test isn't huge cost wise.

differetn car but same thing

antz84

Had a quick trip to a local garage after work tonight and the put a pressure tester on one of the tanks and did a pressure test, seems to dropslowly in pressure but couldn't find any water leeks anywhere , checked hoses, radiator and every were really but couldn't find any signs of leaking , any ideas ?

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

What did the sniff test say?

antz84

No that's being done next week hopefully booking it tomoz but thus garege did a pressure test on header tank to see ifany water leaks

antz84

Will it fell me if just the heads gone or if there's any leaks in pipes etc

CutMasterT

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It will tell you if there are combustion gasses in the coolant