Eigdoog

Hello,

So the heater were not working as there was no water in there, but its losing it like no tomorrow! Ive not looked but been told the rad is 100% fine and dry blah blah...

So whats the best way without looking everywhere, if thats the best way ill do it tomorrow anyway.


Cheers.

Cossie Sean

you should see something like this matey


alternativley, what car is it?

Eigdoog

lol I was expecting something like that!

Its a astra van 04 1.7 i think. My brother had a look and thinks its something under the guard... Well im yet to look but didn't know if i could do something like fill it with water then rig the compressor up and blow it out of the hole

tezzer

put a bottle of "k-seal" in it, that will sort it out,

markk

iTrader: (2)

along with 50% of the cooling radiator flow holes and the heater matrix flow holes

fix the problem do not try to get around it.

Cossie Sean

K-seal, perfect grinding paste for waterpumps, highly reccomend it for the person you hate

use a pressure tester if you have access to one.

these normally blow a small water hose 90degree jobbie and easy to spot.

hopefully remove the splash guard and if its had coolant/antifreeze in you should see the dry pink residue

pipe that splits may be for the EGR cooler, if memory is right. done loads of em on these

Eigdoog

Cheers.

When you say presser tester, are we on about what i said?

"fill it with water then rig the compressor up and blow it out of the hole"

Cossie Sean

NOOOOOOOO!

90+psi is not good for any water system lol

STAFFY OWNER

Had a leak on my XR3i years ago and couldn't see anything immediately obvious but on closer checking it turned out to be a tiny hole in a core plug. Put a new one in and all was good again. If it's losing it "like no tomorrow" then it shouldn't be too difficult to spot.

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

Pressure tester is basically just a pump that screws on to the header tank and pressurises the system to force water out of any holes that might be in the system.

Cossie Sean

at a specific pressure, normally arround 0.9/1bar (14.7psi)

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Good old vauxhall lol.There mighy be a split pipe somewhere.

mechanic28

iTrader: (5)

heater pipe to the matrix (goes under the fuel filter housing)or the little albow pipe that goes from the egr housing (will be leaking on top of the gearbox )