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My car is fooookked!

DATACORDERDATACORDER
edited September 2009 in Chit chat
Went out driving today, and the high temp light/gauge came on....

Pulled over, checked the water. NONE IN THERE!!!

So, filled it up....went on my way...

Temp was normal and car seems normal....

When I got back, I checked the water again...and its gone :(

Where is it going....Any ideas??

Ive checked the oil, no muck in it...It has had a new head gasket years ago...

Think it does leak a bit on the road when it is parked up
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited September 2009
    Hole in your radiator seems the obvious choice...the small leak when parked up might not be indicative of the system under pressure...

    put some dye in it which you can buy from the auto store and then watch closely while you run the engine...check the exhaust too to see if that looks strange...i.e a lot of steam in it....probably a hole in the radiator, hose or leaking gasket...the dye will help a lot.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited September 2009
    Just put it in the local garage, probably isnt anything major.

    Park it up and have a look underneath to see where the waters coming from. That happened to me once, one of the jubilee clips had practically broken so water was slowly leaking out.
  • Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous
    edited September 2009
    well one thing you don't do is top up the radiator with cool water when the engine is hot :-) there's a chance of causing cracks to develop in the radiator from thermal contraction.

    you've got a cracked radiator / leaking water pump / cracked hoses someplace.
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited September 2009
    Another thing is why it may not be obvious is if you are parked at (even) a small incline ... the water may be traveling along pipes/hoses/lines/wormholes ... so check if there is a small puddle elsewhere than right underneath the radiator/engine.
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited September 2009
    http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_166430_langId_-1_categoryId_165750

    possibly
  • DATACORDERDATACORDER
    edited September 2009
    Thanks guys

    Gonna take it to my local garage tomorrow
  • WinstonWinston
    edited September 2009
    Or you can stick some Radweld in there...
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited September 2009
    Winston wrote: »
    Or you can stick some Radweld in there...

    which is what I said, sort of. :)
  • PilsenerPilsener
    edited September 2009
    If there's water dripping from under your car, it may be the radiator or one of the hoses connected to it.

    If not, it may be the head-gasket that's blown.
    And that's quite a bit of work (and money) to fix.
  • milemile
    edited September 2009
    crack an egg into the radiator, that'll fix it. it'll stink mind.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited September 2009
    mile wrote: »
    crack an egg into the radiator, that'll fix it. it'll stink mind.

    Not if he strains the white out through a colander.
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  • MinerWillyMinerWilly
    edited September 2009
    Pilsener wrote: »
    If there's water dripping from under your car, it may be the radiator or one of the hoses connected to it.

    If not, it may be the head-gasket that's blown.
    And that's quite a bit of work (and money) to fix.

    And if it wasn?t it will be if the engine were run too hot/boiled.
  • STeaMSTeaM
    edited September 2009
    Or you could just avoid this fecking about and buy a new car what works...
  • bleughbleugh
    edited September 2009
    is it possible that you're confusing the petrol tank entry for the radiator entry?

    could explain why your car conks out after one of 'em goes empty?

    try purchasing some petroleum distilate from ye corner BP shoppe and shoving it in the hole near the rear
  • milemile
    edited September 2009
    bleugh wrote: »
    is it possible that you're confusing the petrol tank entry for the radiator entry?

    i did that once, got a slap for my trouble.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited September 2009
    But yeah just go to a local mechanic you can trust and get him to have a look. DONT go to one of the main dealers, flipping pain they are and charge just stupid money, go to them as a last resort.

    Still stunned all these years later when women (sorry for being sexist but from what i've seen its true) still cant change oil/add water.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited September 2009
    I'm still stunned at men that change their own oil/water when Walmart do it for $28 with a 35 point inspection while you do your shopping.
  • milemile
    edited September 2009
    beanz wrote: »
    I'm still stunned at men that change their own oil/water when Walmart do it for $28 with a 35 point inspection while you do your shopping.

    it can't take you that long to buy tampons and make up.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited September 2009
    mile wrote: »
    it can't take you that long to buy tampons and make up.

    It's the choosing that take the time, not the buying. (they do the car in 30 mins though)
  • milemile
    edited September 2009
    beanz wrote: »
    It's the choosing that take the time, not the buying. (they do the car in 30 mins though)

    thats what they say, they are prolly joyriding it round the car park.
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