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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: fiend61 on 10 October 2010, 17:49:50

Title: coolant loss
Post by: fiend61 on 10 October 2010, 17:49:50

hi all yet again  :(
ok i now have coolant running out of the back of the engine, (beginning to hate this car) >:( if i get under the car it "feels like" cos cant see it  :( to be running from a pipe at the back of the engine?? this could be wrong and just could be running past this pipe?? i am thinking that it could be the hbv?? i still get heat in the car and havent managed to find out whether it is with heater on , heater off, a/c on etc etc etc help  :-?
thanks

Title: Re: coolant loss
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 10 October 2010, 17:51:18

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hi all yet again  :(
ok i now have coolant running out of the back of the engine, (beginning to hate this car) >:( if i get under the car it "feels like" cos cant see it  :( to be running from a pipe at the back of the engine?? this could be wrong and just could be running past this pipe?? i am thinking that it could be the hbv?? i still get heat in the car and havent managed to find out whether it is with heater on , heater off, a/c on etc etc etc help  :-?
thanks

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Title: Re: coolant loss
Post by: Welung666 on 10 October 2010, 18:02:20

Unless you've got arms like an elephants thigh you should be able to reach in from the drivers side and feel for wetness. I'd put money on it being the HBV though ;)

Title: Re: coolant loss
Post by: fiend61 on 10 October 2010, 19:42:46

well maybe a skinny elephant, but will give it ago,
is it recommended to get an hbv from vauxhall??
thanks

Title: Re: coolant loss
Post by: fiend61 on 10 October 2010, 20:02:11

whoops forgot to ask any kind member got a part number for the HBV  for the 3.2l
thanks