Notices
General Technical
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by: CARiD

weird coolant leak

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Mar 27, 2009 | 02:41 PM
  #1  
legacytt's Avatar
legacytt
Thread Starter
Scooby Regular
 
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 307
Likes: 0
From: dumfries and galloway
Default weird coolant leak

hi wonder if anyone on here has had this happen to them it seems im leaking coolant not a lot it seems to be sitting on top of no3 cylinder just down where the header tank bottom pipe goes into the engine theres also a thinner metal pipe that goes along there and it goes over the top of where the coolant is sitting now ive had the car running and cant see any leaks went and did a 30 mile run came back and it was gone but when i look again in the morning there is a tiny pool of coolant sitting there its doing my head in but dont seem to have lost any looking at the header tank and reservoir any ideas i just cant get my hand in without taking the header tank out to feel for any wet pipes is there anything else around there i should look at thanks.
Reply
Old Mar 27, 2009 | 03:22 PM
  #2  
MostlyMonki's Avatar
MostlyMonki
Scooby Newbie
 
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
Default

could be one of the metal pipes that runs accross the block, a friend of mine had it where those pipes had rusted through around the welds (where they mount to the block).... saying that though you'd notice once the car heats up as it would **** out. could just be one of the hoses on the header is a bit lose!?
Reply
Old Mar 27, 2009 | 03:26 PM
  #3  
legacytt's Avatar
legacytt
Thread Starter
Scooby Regular
 
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 307
Likes: 0
From: dumfries and galloway
Default

i thought of that as i changed the header tank over as it was rusted and leaking so i might have moved the bottom pipe a bit when i changed them over when i get a dry day will remove the header tank and feel around that pipe cheers.

Last edited by legacytt; Mar 27, 2009 at 03:27 PM.
Reply
Old Mar 27, 2009 | 03:33 PM
  #4  
legacytt's Avatar
legacytt
Thread Starter
Scooby Regular
 
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 307
Likes: 0
From: dumfries and galloway
Default

now heres a thought the original header tank had a 1.3 bar cap and when i changed over i used the 0.9 bar cap that was with it would that make any difference if there wasnt a leak before.
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
KAS35RSTI
Subaru
27
Nov 4, 2021 07:12 PM
the shreksta
General Technical
27
Oct 2, 2015 03:20 PM
sti 360
General Technical
6
Oct 2, 2015 09:39 AM
StueyBII
General Technical
4
Sep 26, 2015 12:35 PM
StueyBII
General Technical
0
Sep 25, 2015 05:58 PM




All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:32 AM.