Dspeed

How much Should I use? What could be the cause of using to much?

Don't think my rad is leaking.
Ive found the same thing on my normal rad cap and my 1.3 bar sti cap.
Any ideas?

smokingkills

iTrader: (3)

If the radiator isn't leaking & you can't find any other leaks it will probably be the headgasket (if you are continually losing water from the header tank).

Dspeed

Any thing ealse or any way to check? Theres no water in the oil.
And it doesnt get hot.

ozzreid1964

iTrader: (32)

i got the same problem been topping up my header tank for months .was worried about headgasket couldnt find any leaks anywhere .no water in oil .suddenly today either a hose has gone or my rad it just poured out .taken it to my m8s today will let you know the outcome hope this helps

adrianp

Mine was doing this for about 18months...

Looked everywhere for the leak but it was only loosing a small amount every month so I just lived with it.

Turned out that the top rad hose had a tiny pin ***** sized hole in it and was very slowly leaking out under pressure.

put a new hose in a couple of months ago and it hasn't lost a drop since

Ady.

Dspeed

Im thinking it may be a hose to.

winker

iTrader: (1)

where r u from dspeed i could do a head check if you live south manchester

El Cat

had similar prob on my98 uk turbo
started off like that and eventually pissed out
pin ***** in a metal pipe that was difficult to see due to position of the intercooler

Dspeed

down in devon mate, but thanks for the offer.

danfranklin1

I was losing water from my expansion tank (MY99) and suspected the worst- head gasket. But no, a simple test at the local garage revealed it wasn't the gasket (they stick a syringe type thing in the header tank, and the liquid inside changes colour if it's HG) - then they found a very small leak from the rad which I'd not been able to detect (they pressurised the system) - one new rad later and all was fine. So it could just be a small leak that you're not noticing.