water leak

[james]

how do you locate a water leak which you cant see, there is no puddle under the car in the morning, there is no water in the oil and cant see any water around the head gasket, there is also no water in the footwells.

i seem to be for ever bleeding the coolant system also ways air in the rad

all this started when i did the main rad hoses snd flushed the system but the pipes i disturbed and all good could the rad be at fault.

it only a i will loses an inch in depth in the header tank over about 4 weeks

[Chris H]

headgasket or water pump

[james]

ok cheers fella will have a gander, the head gasket was oly done just under 30k ago

[bncrew]

im having the exact same problem with mine, no puddles, no obvious leaks, no water getting in the oil, engine stays at correct temperature pretty much all the time, where the hell is all that water going?

[BENZO 19 16V]

have u tryed looking at the back of the engine, were the thermo housing is, were there small black pipes, were there all join/clip up together as mine was leaking from there, was pretty hard to see as need to be right in there,
thats were my problem was when i was lossing water,

[bncrew]

thanks benzo i'll have a look at that area tomorrow, i think/hope youre right cos im entirely stumped as to where the hell its going

[srmunden]

Originally Posted by BENZO 19 16V

have u tryed looking at the back of the engine, were the thermo housing is, were there small black pipes, were there all join/clip up together as mine was leaking from there, was pretty hard to see as need to be right in there,
thats were my problem was when i was lossing water,

That's where mine blew - My water pipe problem, with photo link

Mine is an 8v, but the 16v isn't much better I believe.

[scott isle]

Yep mine went there right under the cts! couldnt see it until i had the pipe off!!!

[james]

interesting shall have a good ahard look around there aswell cheers guys, mine runs just above the first quarter on the gauge