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CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« on: 04 November 2009, 23:18:47 »
refilling  coolant bottle every 2 days, pre heater? under bumber in front of drivers wheel is dribbling coolant, is it an easy replace, are they easy to get second hand..what price new?  thnx
« Last Edit: 04 November 2009, 23:19:50 by seosamh »
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #1 on: 05 November 2009, 00:50:01 »
put some radwell in water should sort it out.
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #2 on: 05 November 2009, 02:04:06 »
You need to update your porfile to add more vehicle details.  :y
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #3 on: 05 November 2009, 08:56:51 »
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put some radwell in water should sort it out.

What are you on!?  :o - We have no idea if its the rad yet, even so i would never recomment radweld, i have seen its affects. It does more harm than good.

seosamh DO NOT use radweld.

Firstly what engine do you have? Manualy check the rad for any leaks, visually inspect it, take it out if needed. Check the coolant expansion tank is ok as well.

What ever you do, DO NOT put radweld in your rad!
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #4 on: 05 November 2009, 09:01:19 »
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put some radwell in water should sort it out.

What are you on!?  :o - We have no idea if its the rad yet, even so i would never recomment radweld, i have seen its affects. It does more harm than good.

seosamh DO NOT use radweld.

Firstly what engine do you have? Manualy check the rad for any leaks, visually inspect it, take it out if needed. Check the coolant expansion tank is ok as well.

What ever you do, DO NOT put radweld in your rad!
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #5 on: 05 November 2009, 09:11:06 »
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put some radwell in water should sort it out.

What are you on!?  :o - We have no idea if its the rad yet, even so i would never recomment radweld, i have seen its affects. It does more harm than good.

seosamh DO NOT use radweld.

Firstly what engine do you have? Manualy check the rad for any leaks, visually inspect it, take it out if needed. Check the coolant expansion tank is ok as well.

What ever you do, DO NOT put radweld in your rad!
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #6 on: 05 November 2009, 10:14:19 »
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put some radwell in water should sort it out.
This is a bodge and might work for a while but will need repairing properly sooner or later. I would say the car is a 2.2 DTi if it has the heater under the driverside wing. I think there is a bloke on Ebay thats breaking a 2.2 DTi think he's also a member on here so might be worth mentioning the forum if you get intouch with him.
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #7 on: 05 November 2009, 16:29:16 »
My V6 was "repaired" using radweld type stuff, in a previous life.

The problem is now - I want to actually repair whatever is leaking - and cannot find it, cause it's masked with radweld.

I would have to echo tunnie's sentiments - it's OK on older, simple cars - but not really suitable anymore.
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #8 on: 09 November 2009, 16:57:16 »
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This is a bodge and might work for a while but will need repairing properly sooner or later. I would say the car is a 2.2 DTi if it has the heater under the driverside wing. I think there is a bloke on Ebay thats breaking a 2.2 DTi think he's also a member on here so might be worth mentioning the forum if you get intouch with him.
spot on its a 02 2.2dti cd...expansion bottle is ok..looking at the  preheater thats where the coolant can be seen dripping from...this has been disconnected for some time going by the webs inside the connection plug, do ya think this needs replaced, im a bit cautious about reconnecting it...could i do any damage?..thnx
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« Reply #9 on: 09 November 2009, 17:24:42 »
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put some radwell in water should sort it out.

What are you on!?  :o - We have no idea if its the rad yet, even so i would never recomment radweld, i have seen its affects. It does more harm than good.

seosamh DO NOT use radweld.

Firstly what engine do you have? Manualy check the rad for any leaks, visually inspect it, take it out if needed. Check the coolant expansion tank is ok as well.

What ever you do, DO NOT put radweld in your rad!
Totally agree, do not put radweld in. It killed a previous Lancia I had (although to be honest the car was a total hypochondriac anyway so it would have died of natural causes anyway... ;D :( ;D :( )
The area of your coolant loss is easy to work on and to achieve a "proper" fix.
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #10 on: 09 November 2009, 17:42:33 »
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put some radwell in water should sort it out.

What are you on!?  :o - We have no idea if its the rad yet, even so i would never recomment radweld, i have seen its affects. It does more harm than good.

seosamh DO NOT use radweld.

Firstly what engine do you have? Manualy check the rad for any leaks, visually inspect it, take it out if needed. Check the coolant expansion tank is ok as well.

What ever you do, DO NOT put radweld in your rad!
Totally agree, do not put radweld in. It killed a previous Lancia I had (although to be honest the car was a total hypochondriac anyway so it would have died of natural causes anyway... ;D :( ;D :( )
The area of your coolant loss is easy to work on and to achieve a "proper" fix.

The problem is it creates a thick silt type mixture, and in the fine tubes of the Omega rad, it blocks them up causing over-heating issues.

Would be fine with really old rads which tubes the size of a smarties tube, but ultra thin mondern ones its more harm than good.
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #11 on: 15 November 2009, 16:17:29 »
a mechanic told me he could bypass  this preheater thus saving the coolant loss....is this a good idea?
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #12 on: 15 November 2009, 16:53:01 »
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a mechanic told me he could bypass  this preheater thus saving the coolant loss....is this a good idea?

No, prove its the HBV leaking by feel / looking, and replace.
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #13 on: 15 November 2009, 19:26:52 »
I would also suggest only ever considering radweld and the like as a very last resort.  Find the leak and replace the failed component is the only real fix I'm afraid
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Re: CONSTANT COOLANT LOSS
« Reply #14 on: 15 November 2009, 19:31:12 »
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a mechanic told me he could bypass  this preheater thus saving the coolant loss....is this a good idea?

No, prove its the HBV leaking by feel / looking, and replace.
Who mentioned the HBV  ::)
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