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alan-g-w
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26th Sep 10 at 16:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mind and take twice as much water as you think you'll need
chris_uk
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26th Sep 10 at 16:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
see you in what.. 6 hours warren ? lol
Warren G
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26th Sep 10 at 16:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can you pick me up? got a bit of a cold

i had to stop myself being silly in a vx220 turbo, clutch kicking it, back end just steps out and the steering is so pin point. im not sure i can be trusted

also locked up a vxr220 in the winter, stupid a048 tyres have NO grip when freezing!
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26th Sep 10 at 16:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
but they are babies compared to mine..
Warren G
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il need a runway then to test it, pref with no planes
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ill be bringing to to CC when its all done
chris_uk
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problem not resolved the new cap didnt sort my leak out... so it must be a leak in the pipes somewhere.. ive left it on dry land, level and will check under the car in the morning.. as long as it doesnt rain. 

im just gunna have to top it up everyother day until i get a new radiator. not perfect but i dont have much of a choice. 
Cole
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26th Sep 10 at 20:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
these doint have the sme problem as the z20let header tanks do they where the pipe at the back cracks
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26th Sep 10 at 21:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not that i know of, im just going to keep topping it up for now..

hopefully by november i can get the new radiator.
SportBoy
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26th Sep 10 at 21:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cant see it loosing that much water from the rad without noticeing it .. sound more like its pushing it out the rad from overpressurising , ie headgasket blow on a waterjacket.
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26th Sep 10 at 22:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it doesnt loose 4l a day, it looses maybe a litre over 5-6 miles.

SportBoy
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26th Sep 10 at 22:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats still alot.
sand-eel
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26th Sep 10 at 22:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Won't be head gasket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SportBoy
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lol
chris_uk
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i refuse to believe its head gasket lol.. just because i havent exhausted other things yet.

im going to whip the undertrays off and see if i can see anything there, then ill check the tophose isnt split again.. then if they are all ok and still no signs... ill have a look at headgasket..

im getting a new head gasket fitted in oct when it goes in for the engine rebuild anyway.,
3CorsaMeal
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27th Sep 10 at 08:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is the jubilee clip all bent up?
Steve
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27th Sep 10 at 08:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
headgasket imo especially as youve fitted that supercharger
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yea it needs replacing, but i cant say ive noticed any water, its alot harder to identify a leak on this car as it has the rad in the front, tank at the back, undertrays underneath so its an all flat floor. there may be an obvious drip but with all these bits hiding the pipes its not that easy to tell.

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bummer
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i know
sand-eel
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If there are that amount of litres of water going into the combustion chamber, the car would run like utter shit and shit loads of steam would be coming out the exhaust, but this isn't the case!
sand-eel
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27th Sep 10 at 12:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Unless some how the HG was blowing into the oil and the sump was filling up with water, but you would defo notice that.
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the car runs perfectly.. no smoke/steam at all. i think the radiator is leaking.
3CorsaMeal
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when my rad was leaking it was only slight and took a while to spot, it was only after giving the car a heavy blast it would steam out of the bonnet.

before the coolant was sealing the small leaks and making them unnoticable
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27th Sep 10 at 13:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it only seems to go down when i drive it, if i just leave it ticking over it doesnt move, well not noticably even after 20 mins.

radiators are £300 so im going to pop some rad weld in and see if the leak stops.

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