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Bert
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Re: cooling turbo engines

Sat, 03 December 2005 10:15

Howieau wrote on Sat, 03 December 2005 20:05

But when she cooled off, we still lost some water. About 700ml (one way). Lost 700ml when we got there and it cooled off, filled her up again, headed home, cooled off and another 700ml was missing. 700ml roughly. So Im thinking the blocked radiator and the thermostat were the causes of the overheating, but the loss of water is another issue altogether.

I left the radiator cap off and let the car idle, and bubbles come up through the water. Not an absolute load of them, but a few. Perhaps where the air is coming in, the water is going out? I havent checked thoroughly for leaks since we put everything back together again, but have checked breifly at times and there was nothing. I was also thinking that maybe I could run some sort of fluoro liquid through my system and see if it shows up any leaks or splits in hoses. Would this be a good idea?

Any ideas where to go from here?

Many thanks!
Once I get this shit fixed, I can go about making it faster!!

its got all the symptoms of a blown head gasket. or a preetty bad coolant leak. i would get it checked. doesnt necessarly have to have coolant in the oil to be bhg...i have had two cars now that have done it. luckly i put new gaskets and recon heads on myself so it was pretty cheap. at one point i was going through 3 litres of water every 40kms. seriously!

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