bloody water leak G60

[g-dub 0]

wheres my water coolant going??

replaced

all hoses for samcos

both metal pipes

header tank + cap

radiator

all new hose clips,

no drips under car nor in the car

yet it still leaks from the max to the min on a 30mile trip :roll:

[W3RKD 0]

plastic outlets on head ?

[vr6storm 0]

where did you get your radiator from?........or was it a re-core?.........mate had a VR6 with a re-cored radiator and it would empty the coolant pretty quickly too..........no visible drips from it but when it was running it would spray a fine jet from the front of it...........a radiator from Euro-car-parts sorted it in the end for £30 more than the re-core too :roll:

[g-dub 0]

i'll check the rad as it was a 2nd hand rallye one that came with the i/c, will also check the plastic bit again but seen no residue on it

[Supercharged 2]

Check your waterpump...

[kongo127 0]

Also that flange on the engine block that goes up to the heater inside the car.

[Henny 0]

if you are SURE that there's no snail-trails around any of the plastic flanges and that there's no water being dripped from the pump or radiator, then the ONLY other place it can be going is out of your exhaust via a dodgy head gasket.... :| Does the engine pressurise the water pipes so they are rock hard very soon after starting the engine? If so, that's another sign that you've got a weeping head gasket... :?

[g-dub 0]

ah ha, yes the pipes do go really hard quick, and there is a little water spitting out of the back, (nothing like a rover though), lucky i have a new gasket set from VW awaiting fitment this week, fingers crossed

[VEEDUBBED 0]

Hello mate,

try to get hold of a cooling system

pressure tester,rig it up and it should

point you in the right direction.

You could also attach some Clingfilm

around the expansion bottle to see if

the headgasket leaks.

[g-dub 0]

hows that??

sorry don't get it

[VEEDUBBED 0]

Sorry,

Ignore the bit about clingfilm,

I was thinking about a different

problem.Also check the internal

heating rad/connections.Might be a

small hair line crack on head that won't

show up easily.If you can get hold of a

pressure pump,install it,pump it up to recomended

pressure and wait a couple of mins.,then check all

the above and remove sparkplugs(hot engine), you'll

probably find the leak.Be carefull not to cross thread plugs

on hot cyl head,hope it helps,Cheers,Andrew.

[g-dub 0]

problem solved, my head gasket has now given up the ghost, theres a small white layer on the oil cap (no mayo YET), nothing in the header tank,is the gasket just started going or has it gone full stop and can't use the car or can i drive the car but watch the water level?? (just for a few days till i sort a ride)

[stevemac 0]

With regard to your water leak - I suspect the head gasket had already gone. Should be okay to drive it, but not too far - it is progressively getting worse.

[g-dub 0]

will it be ok for the 25mile drive to work tomorrow