hi, topped my water up about a month ago and today while at mcdonalds realised my temp was close to the top. let it cooled down for abit checked the water to find it empty obviously i have a problem somewhere but im hoping its nothing serious. am i right in saying that if the water was going into the engine then the car would be miss firing??

 

Hi mate it could be the headhasket but before jumping to a conclusion check of obvious leaks or rad pin holes that could take a while to empty the rad check your oil level (if the level has gone up and the oil colour has changed then you have water in the sump too), since you have tooped up the water (assuming you have) has the temp gone up again? if it has im sure it wil be gasket mate.

 

it could just be your water pump buddy the last two scoobs i have had ive had to replace the waterpumps!!! have that checked first before worrying about a headgasket

 

i topped the water up yesterday did 70miles and the temp didnt budge from where it normally sits. i have looked again today and you have 3 pipe's to the top of the water tank. the 1 that heads down towards the turbo looks like it could be leaking, i will take a picture and put it up.

cheers

paul

 

well well well checked the water today and the water tank is half empty. so since toppong its up last night doing 40mile trip its lost half the tank. not sure how full these are meant to be.





heres a few pictures of where i think its coming from. i have checked the oil and level has not risen. can anyone tell me where the water pump is located on these please??

cheers

paul

 

Just a thought but try replacing those stock clips with a good quality jubilee clip.