tinysq

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I have had to fill the header tank up twice today but I can't see where the water is going as there is no steam coming from the engine bay and also the oil is clean (no milky residue).

Any body got any ideas?

nice guy

A cooling system pressure tester will show it up if it is external.

markwild

Had this on my old 98 - turned out that the radiators often get hair-line cracks in the end tanks - VERY tricky to trace - I'd take 'nice guys' advice and get it checked for holding pressure.

Also, start it up when cold, run for 20 seconds then stop. Take off the pressure cap - if there's pressure there, it'll be the head gasket leaking into the water system.....

2 key things to remember (from PAINFUL experience)

1) Don't just ignore it and keep topping up
2) Don't forget that its winter - if you're filling up with water, then you're diluting the anti-freeze mixture and the system may freeze overnight....

Good Luck !

Mark

SNAP-ON

iTrader: (1)

I also had same problem and it was the radiator end tank on the drivers side split facing the front of the car , the split was a couple of inches long and hard to trace at first as its just a small hairline crack when cold and as it gets hotter the crack opens up , very common problem !

tinysq

iTrader: (1)

It is the end cap on the rad, where is best place and also cheapest to get a rad from?

Brun

I got mine from API for a decent price - can't remember what it was though

tinysq

iTrader: (1)

Any onther places?