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Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:53 pm
by mattbrum
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
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:57 pm
by Simon Jones
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.
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:02 pm
by jaylee
Hi Matt, do you own a tintop with a sunroof perchance??
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:28 pm
by mattbrum
Definitely passenger side
Green/silver aft, not so Birmingham based any more either. Nearer Abergavenny now
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:02 pm
by the1andonly
Could this be the Sugarloaf effect
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:01 pm
by Northern Bongolow
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.
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:08 pm
by mattbrum
Right, I'll take a look when its dry! Odd I can't see when its running though....
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:14 pm
by Northern Bongolow
check carefully, there is a white plastic clip nearby that hold the pipe to the inner chassis,check for rubbing here.
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:40 am
by jaylee
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...!
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:03 am
by teenmal
mattbrum,how much coolant are you actualy loosing?
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:38 am
by crazy uncle gray g
Could it be the bleed pipe/hose not clamped off tightly enough?
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:57 pm
by Northern Bongolow
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
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:07 pm
by mikeonb4c
Might need to put u/v dye in system and use u/v torch, if you can't identify source by others means.
Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:00 pm
by mattbrum
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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Re: Coolant Loss - Passenger side??
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:44 am
by mattbrum
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!