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9th April 2019, 17:02 | #1 |
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Its getting worse
For years I have never had top up the water in the Rad, But recently I have had to start to put a little water in about a large cupful every week or so.And it is now starting to get worse
I can see no obvious signs of a leak,So where is the best place to start looking
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9th April 2019, 17:13 | #2 |
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Water pump, small hole in radiator, oil cooler or the unlikely head gasket. Also possibly your header tank cap. Is unusual for a diesel to lose water. Lee.
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Common coolant leak points for the diesel are the thermostat housing, the O ring on the pipe next to the thermostat, and the top radiator hose connection where it enters the cylinder head.
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9th April 2019, 19:46 | #4 |
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If you look at the areas suggested by the previous posts you will probably find signs of anti-freeze staining.
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Evening all,
I had several water leaks on my diesel which I've now finally fixed. The hose coming out of the top of the fbh, the elbow on the radiator, the thermostat & finally the small hose at the bottom of the fbh. I only found the final leak when I took the fbh to service it, and therwise I don't think I'd ever had found it! Rob
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OK folks thanks for the replies I can start looking at the places mentioned..
keep them coming..
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Water leak engine
Along with the previous replies I had a water leak from the heater hose of the air filter houseing on the N/sidewhere it had chafed against the underside corner and was not obvious.
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There is a hose just down and roughly under the power steering pump.---It can rub against the adjacent silver air con pipe. I've used a cable tie to pull the rubber pipe slightly away from the metal one. Been like that now for years with no friction hole worn in either.
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10th April 2019, 23:15 | #9 |
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As Mike said above one place to look is the plastic outlet on the engine that carries the top hose and heater hose.
A good customer of mine had a problem with his last week the rubber gasket had failed Russ
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I second this, I've had 2 instances where the square gasket has failed on the 'Y' section plastic moulding.
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