leakage, help please!!! Update, damn heater matrix

[Rossco 0]

My 16 valve is loosing water in quite a serious way, its not the head gasket its all good, the car isnt down on power or over heating, it runs just as it did but i have to keep topping up the water usually litre a day which is quite a lot. There is no visual leaks nothing in the engine bay nothing on the ground, not wet carpets(heater matrix) the only thing that has changed is that on friday i got a custom exhaust fitted and when they put it on the forgot to put my heatsheild back on :mad: could this have anything to do with it???

 

Its had a new radiator new, water pump and all the hose clips have been replaced with jubilee clips it was all good untill i got my zorst fitted but i dont really see how no heat shield can = lack of water

 

Help guys

[biggrim 0]

No heat shield = no shielding from heat = water boils away????? Just a random, non-mechanically trained stab in the dark mate. Hope you get to the bottom of this soon mate 8)

[Rossco 0]

Well yeh i guess evaporation could occur, its pissing me off man. Oh grimbo cheers for the changer and the spoiler, all good :D

[stevemac 0]

I doubt your water could evaporate out of a sealed cooling system :?

 

Have you checked here - http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9443

 

U need to be looking for coolant residue which the leak will leave behind :wink:

[andycowuk 0]

16v head has a temp sensor housing on the flywheel side of the cylinder head, it is very common to leak from there, your leak is not THAT fast, only a litre per day.....rather than a litre every 10 miles. At that rate, the water will evaporate away from the side of the head rather than form a pool......check out for coolant residue, other water marks. Also check you expansion tank and cap are not leaking.

The heat sheild will be to protect the bulk head/steering rack from the heat, not your engine, so it should have no bearing on the water problem.

[Rossco 0]

I doubt your water could evaporate out of a sealed cooling system :?

 

Have you checked here - http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9443

 

U need to be looking for coolant residue which the leak will leave behind :wink:

 

Yeh i checked that cheers man,

 

Andy that just it tho, there are absolutely no signs of any leaks anywhere. The only thing i can think of is that its leaking possibly the sensor where your talking about and the evaporating almost instantly, its a tricky one :mad:

[Rossco 0]

Right up date on this problem guys, my drivers side carpets from the pedal to the rear seat are soaking so im guessing the heater matrix has seen better days, only thing is i've heard its a bitch of a job so is there any way i can by pass the matrix(yes morpheus) and run the car without a heater for a while untill i can get some free time to tackle this one. Oh and wot exactly has to be removed in order to get the wee shit bag out and a new one back in, and how much are we talkin for a new one???

 

Cheers ross