Coolant Loss - Passenger side??

mattbrum · Post by **mattbrum** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:53 pm

Evening all,

Boring I know (so many threads moaning!) However can I find it?!?

Loosing coolant, seems to be a damp patch under the b-post on the passenger side, approx 5" in from the cill.

Can't find, see, hear anything when its running but appears overnight.

Any ideas, anyone had the same?

Thanks,

Matt

Post by **Simon Jones** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:57 pm

Don't recall any pipes on passenger side that far back. definitely not the drivers side? That's where most of them are for the rear heater.

jaylee · Post by **jaylee** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:02 pm

Hi Matt, do you own a tintop with a sunroof perchance??

mattbrum · Post by **mattbrum** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:28 pm

Definitely passenger side

Green/silver aft, not so Birmingham based any more either. Nearer Abergavenny now

the1andonly · Post by **the1andonly** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:02 pm

Could this be the Sugarloaf effect

Northern Bongolow · Post by **Northern Bongolow** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:01 pm

item 61-2D2 on this drawing may be leaking at the rear end (where the 2 is in brackets), just done one today

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the end can rot away where it turns opposite the b post and jumps over the front of the gearbox.

http://lushprojects.com/bongopartsmk2/c ... mgno=.html.

big job to replace it, the front rad has to come out as the long pipe has to come out forwards.

mattbrum · Post by **mattbrum** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:08 pm

Right, I'll take a look when its dry! Odd I can't see when its running though....

Northern Bongolow · Post by **Northern Bongolow** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:14 pm

check carefully, there is a white plastic clip nearby that hold the pipe to the inner chassis,check for rubbing here.

jaylee · Post by **jaylee** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:40 am

mattbrum wrote:Definitely passenger side

Green/silver aft, not so Birmingham based any more either. Nearer Abergavenny now

That rules out the sunroof guttering drain pipe then...!

teenmal · Post by **teenmal** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:03 am

mattbrum,how much coolant are you actualy loosing?

crazy uncle gray g · Post by **crazy uncle gray g** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:38 am

Could it be the bleed pipe/hose not clamped off tightly enough?

Northern Bongolow · Post by **Northern Bongolow** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:57 pm

turbo water pipe, running down the exhaust, or even a squirter from anywhere on that side.

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look for a tracking mark, as good coolant usually cleans a track as it goes, unless it flys

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:07 pm

Might need to put u/v dye in system and use u/v torch, if you can't identify source by others means.

mattbrum · Post by **mattbrum** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:00 pm

Sorry for not coming back sooner, BT aren't the quickest at installing broadband!

Going to have a concerted effort on it tomorrow, really bugging me, I'm pretty good at these things.

Reckon I'm loosing about the best part of the header tank over 48hrs whilst static.
Wish I had the ramps installed here!

Will keep you posted and let you know the outcome,
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mattbrum · Post by **mattbrum** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:44 am

Thanks all, the metal pipe to rubber joint was weeping, amazing how much it was loosing over time!

Its been fiddled with here, before, double jubilee clips.

Sorted for now, just need to get the bits ordered to do a proper job!

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