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Dripping breather???

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:01 pm
by Jacqui
There is a drip coming from a breather pipe under the sill behind the drivers door. I suspect it may be from the coolant header tank after I have slightly overfilled it (a few weeks back now).
Can anyone confirm that this is correct or do I have to start crawling underneath to trace it back?

Thanks in anticipation.

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:44 pm
by Ralph
Think it's a drain pore a little water on the roof gutter and see if it
come out the same place also worth checking for rust round were
it come out.

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:13 pm
by roosteruk
Is this not the drain tube from the sunroof gutter?

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:29 pm
by Peg leg Pete
Sounds like a gutter drain, not expansion drain that is at passenger side

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:59 pm
by Jacqui
thanks for the help, I'm happy (& less paranoid) that it isn't the radiator breather.

Dripping Breather

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:52 pm
by Jacqui
Turns out it was coolant, caught it dripping with engine still hot.
The day after the temp gauge went nuts :shock: .
Ended up flushing and bleeding the system @ 10 in the evening on Thursday so we could get to Cartmel on Friday.
Then, after test driving it I found a leak from the tee feeding the turbo :cry:
Cleaned it and sealed it with isopon resin, bled it again and went to bed.
Got to Cartmel & back without the gauge moving from 11-o-clock :D .
When the weather gets better I will crawl under the van to trace the origin of said hose.