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stevo:
i know this is a bit of a grey area (could be anything) but have a leak DRIP around the front drivers corner just woundering if it could be the waterpump :confused:
any help would be great

bacillus:
I had that in the past and turned out to be a leak from the washer bottle. A new washer sorted it.

stevo:
well it has turned out to be the rad got the old one off now just woundering the best way to about refilling the water is there a way of doing this :happy2:

alexperkins:
Fill through the expansion tank with a 50/50 coolant to water mix

Mill to the top of the hashed area, start the engine with the coolant cap still off

Turn the heat on the AC up to full heat and allow the engine to run for 5 mins or so - this will expel any air in the system

Check the level on the coolant after, and add more as necessary to the top of the hashed area

stevo:
thanks for that god :happy2: now changing a rad is a job i never want to do again what a ball bag of a job
--- Quote from: alexperkins on April 26, 2011, 02:37:37 pm ---Fill through the expansion tank with a 50/50 coolant to water mix

Mill to the top of the hashed area, start the engine with the coolant cap still off

Turn the heat on the AC up to full heat and allow the engine to run for 5 mins or so - this will expel any air in the system

Check the level on the coolant after, and add more as necessary to the top of the hashed area

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