Water-loss

1. Ryancoyle Established Member Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1050 Volkswagen Bora 170bhp

   #1 20th May 2014, 17:50

   Back again with more problem's, I filled my radiator up to the top the other day as my car was ove-heating, went out and checked today again and can see that there is hardly any water left?
   
   No leeks as I left my car sitting in drive the day I filled up the radiator, can anyone tell me what the problem could be?
2. user_38092 Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2009 Leicester Posts: 257 Mango Westcoast

   #2 20th May 2014, 18:04

   Sounds like the head gasket to me
3. Ryancoyle Established Member Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1050 Volkswagen Bora 170bhp

   #3 20th May 2014, 18:10

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by stuff Sounds like the head gasket to me

   I'm thinking the same myself
4. AntscVTR Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2012 Lancs Posts: 187 99 VTS

   #4 21st May 2014, 13:57

   I had this same issue on my VTS, I was loosing water for a month or so and I had no visible leaks (but I could smell coolant under the bonnet after hard driving). After a hard drive yesterday the leak finally appeared just below the right hose on the radiator so I would double check your rad for any slight leaks.
   
   If you lost a full rads worth of coolant through the head gasket then surely there would be some cross contamination in the oil and a lot of white smoke under acceleration.
5. Ryancoyle Established Member Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1050 Volkswagen Bora 170bhp

   #5 21st May 2014, 14:16

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by AntscVTR I had this same issue on my VTS, I was loosing water for a month or so and I had no visible leaks (but I could smell coolant under the bonnet after hard driving). After a hard drive yesterday the leak finally appeared just below the right hose on the radiator so I would double check your rad for any slight leaks. If you lost a full rads worth of coolant through the head gasket then surely there would be some cross contamination in the oil and a lot of white smoke under acceleration.

   Thank's. I'll check it out as it keep's running low, serious ball-ache and don't want to be forking out for a head gasket.
6. beaker_85 Newbie Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2

   #6 22nd May 2014, 19:45

   Just check the system is bled properly through the 3 bleed points.. See if that helps
   
   
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7. Ryancoyle Established Member Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1050 Volkswagen Bora 170bhp

   #7 22nd May 2014, 20:03

   I honestly don't know what is going on, radiator was empty after a couple of days of illing it, I've been driving the last two days and checked the radiator and it's still full?
8. dontpannic Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2013 Orpington, Kent, UK Posts: 228 Saxo VTS, Fiesta ST

   #8 25th May 2014, 15:48

   Airlock. Is the system bled correctly?
9. wullvfr Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 killin,perthshire Posts: 1561 Audi a3 1.8sport,kawasaki zx9r c2,Yamaha R1 track

   #9 26th May 2014, 05:08

   What about the heater,at any point was it blowing cold air when it should have been hot?
   
   If it were an air lock I'd of expected this to happen as its the highest point and usually where the issue is.