I have a 99 wagon.out the other day and temp gauge shoots to the top.so I pull over and wait 10 mins.start back and drive home the gauge was just over half way and its never that high.so took the cap off the header tank and there was nothing in it topped it up and the next day was fine.looked again to day and theres no water again.no sighs of any leakes.any one help?

 

Hi. Does it come out of expansion tank? And does it come out when you've been on boost for a while or driving car hard?

 

theres no water in tank

 

There's a steel tank on top of engine and expansion tank on right hand side behind headlight. Fill tank up and expansion tank to min drive car and see if water is coming out of pipe on expansion tank. If its pressurizing system could be head gasket!!!

 

thers no water in the oil

 

Fill it up and go for a quick spin...park it up running and look for water loss, Could be a burst rad

 

There's a reason water is pressurising and coming out mate. I had a classic doing same thing and wasn't sure what to do with it. You could try k seal but temp fix. If be tempted to get it looked at as to minimise any damage that could be done. I'm in alfreton so nearest specialist for me is scooby clinic.heard good and bad reports. I've used once and they sorted me so not going to slag them off.

 

get it inspected asap, it maybe losing coolant when on boost(heads lifting under boost ) so if you drive normal you will not notice it , or it might be that you have a very small leak on either the top or bottom radiator hoses .

I had experience of both