Hello guys, and greetings from Bulgaria!
Your community has helped me a whole lot these past three months with getting to know my Omega 2.5 24V, lovely car, but it had some issues... we sorted most of them, but now there is another problem.
A few days ago I played with the throttle pedal for a few slide corners, nothing unusual... after driving with regular pace for a few miles, I pulled over for a 4-5 mins... the heating was fine, I always have my eyes on the gauge... after starting the car, I noticed that the needle was above 100 degrees, where it had never reached before (but not on the red zone) and the little red light flashed, but immediately after starting the engine it dropped hard on little below 95 degrees, which it runs most of the time on.... I drove home, everything was fine.... the next day I started the car, and it started heating up a little faster than usual, after a few mins it hit 95degrees and then dropped hard at 90.... the heating inside was not the same, however it was blowing warm... and when I give it revs, it heated more... so I figured - it lost coolant, which it did - the expansion tank was almost empty... so I figured next - it must have a leak somewhere - and there it was - leaking somewhere around the middle of the car, in the point where the engine joins the tranny... but it was leaking from somewhere above... next strange thing - while still being hot, a slowly unscrewed the cap of the coolant tank and when it bubbled, the antifreez was ok to touch! slightly warm, but not boiling hot! .... after further investigation, we concluded two things - the car only leaks when the engine is running (it leaks quite a lot, not only dripping - for a 10min idle it almost lost the whole expansion tank content again) and the other - the back of the engine is dry, the leak seems to be from the right side of the engine ( for you it's the drivers side, for me in Bulgaria is the passenger - we are LHD) - the starter is wet, and seems to be leaking from above/around it.. ...we recently serviced the car - the whole timing kit including water pump; the HBV valve, the coil pack... (we checked that valve first for leaks...) so, any suggestions as to where the leak may be from?
Thanks in advance!
Your community is awesome!