Wildcat

Hi all

Can anyone help? Each time I give the car some stick I appear to be losing water from the plastic overflow container when I stop. When driving normally I am not losing any water. This has happened on a few occasions. Does anyone have any ideas how I can stop this and will it cause any damage

Cheers

Wildcat

Can anyone help

wilyolddave

Hi mate this happenend to me not long ago - it was not long after a full service and the garage thought it might have been air still in the system. They topped it up and bled it and at the same time I had an sti rad cap fitted (aparantly car will run cooler). Since then no problems

It could be headgasket though!!!

Best get it to a garage to have it checked out - probably best to take it steady.

Fingers crossed!!

Cheers Davy b

Wildcat

Thanks mate, I'll get it checked out. Any idea how much the Head gasket should cost ( supply and fit). I usually go to Power Engineering and empty my wallet

octain

have you topped it up , it will spit out if you have filled it above the full level

Mick

Wildcat

I filled it up last week when doing the routine checks/loving. I may have over filled it but there was abit more water than I would expect. The oil is still clean though. Doesn't it turn milky when the head gaskets gone???

octain

If its over the full line it could just be spitting the extra out

mick

wilyolddave

Before they diagnosed the air in the system they were talking about headgaskets and iirc it was £800ish supply and fit - this was with uprated metal gaskets. Hopefully you wont need to find out

I dont know if that is cheap or expensive mind Powerstation i think have a good rep so they should be able to sort u out

Scoobys and emptying wallets go hand in hand

Cheers davy b