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dan_m1les
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27th Sep 10 at 14:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
crack an egg in it? doesn't that stop any leaks?
Ojc
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27th Sep 10 at 15:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Headgasket, it always is the headgasket in these circumstance
Brett
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27th Sep 10 at 15:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sounds just like my Freelander. Seemingly ran fine for ages but would drink water big time and needed refilling daily. Head gasket was letting go slowly? Over time, it eventually got to a point where you couldn't go half mile without it overheating.
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27th Sep 10 at 15:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the answer was given in reply #42 of this thread tbh
Adam_B
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what radiator is that Chris?
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Put some radweld in it, I couldn't find a very small leak in my car 2 years ago and The water hasn't gone down at all and the radweld hasn't fucked the car like the internet says.
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its the eliseparts rad adam, the middle range one.

ill be getting the pro alloy one i think this time.
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
Put some radweld in it, I couldn't find a very small leak in my car 2 years ago and The water hasn't gone down at all and the radweld hasn't fucked the car like the internet says.


K-Seal's the best to use according to the mechanics I used to work with.
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
the answer was given in reply #42 of this thread tbh


#4 tbh
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27th Sep 10 at 17:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its not confirmed it is the head gasket yet tho..

when ive changed the rad, and checked all the pipes and replaced the expansion tank then ill think about the head gasket lol



[Edited on 27-09-2010 by chris_uk]
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27th Sep 10 at 17:20   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just go get it pressure tested no point in spending £300+ on a new rad if its your HG
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27th Sep 10 at 17:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
look at the pics, its deffinatly fooked..

its getting replaced under warrently hopefully.
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quote:
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just go get it pressure tested no point in spending £300+ on a new rad if its your HG


A pressure test won't always tell you if the HG is out.

[Edited on 27-09-2010 by alan-g-w]
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
quote:
Originally posted by VrsTurbo
just go get it pressure tested no point in spending £300+ on a new rad if its your HG


A pressure test won't always tell you if the HG is out.

[Edited on 27-09-2010 by alan-g-w]


No but its worth a punt rather than shelling out alot more money in the first place. i doubt HG anyway as it would run shit if its using that amount of water and there would be signs
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27th Sep 10 at 17:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
would a compression test of the cylinders so a leak?
alan-g-w
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Say again mate?
chris_uk
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27th Sep 10 at 18:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
show* lol

my hands are cold and im mistyping.. thats my excuse and im sticking with it


anyway..

ive just emailed the company i bought the radiator from with pics attached, so hopefully they will get back to me sharpish
Warren G
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27th Sep 10 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why replace a rad not even you know its that!

find the leak first! and do a sniffer test
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as said, make it so that you can see where it's coming from. Warren what's a sniffer test? Chuck a bloodhound in the engine bay?
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27th Sep 10 at 18:47   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
whether the radiator is buggered or not i need a high pressure one for the supercharger.

Steve
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27th Sep 10 at 18:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sniffer test checks for levels of carbon emissions in the coolant
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what do you mean high pressure :S

if a 2.0 turbo running 300bhp doesnt have issues with cooling why should yours? or is it a weak point? which i daught
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just different pressure ratings, the standard ones have plastic end caps and the rating of them is lower than the system runs as standard
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standard rad
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the hi pressure one (just its name) has a higher capacity and has thicker cores 45mm instead of 40mm

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