water leak
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water leak
hi
i have a 96 4x4 mondeo silver topped engine
i have a water leak, checked usual places floorpan etc, its been on pressure test but lost nothing, but loses when running, cannot see the leak, will it be the cylinder head ??
cheers
i have a 96 4x4 mondeo silver topped engine
i have a water leak, checked usual places floorpan etc, its been on pressure test but lost nothing, but loses when running, cannot see the leak, will it be the cylinder head ??
cheers
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if its had a pressure test and didnt show anything up,
but loses water when running then it could be the head gasket blown between cylinder and water jacket,
get garage to do a sniff test on it,
its a small cylinder that goes over the rad cap,
filled with liquid, it changes colour if theres gases in it from the combustion chambers,
thats the way to tell for certain
but loses water when running then it could be the head gasket blown between cylinder and water jacket,
get garage to do a sniff test on it,
its a small cylinder that goes over the rad cap,
filled with liquid, it changes colour if theres gases in it from the combustion chambers,
thats the way to tell for certain
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From: manchester
Thread Starter
Virgin
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
From: manchester
if its had a pressure test and didnt show anything up,
but loses water when running then it could be the head gasket blown between cylinder and water jacket,
get garage to do a sniff test on it,
its a small cylinder that goes over the rad cap,
filled with liquid, it changes colour if theres gases in it from the combustion chambers,
thats the way to tell for certain
but loses water when running then it could be the head gasket blown between cylinder and water jacket,
get garage to do a sniff test on it,
its a small cylinder that goes over the rad cap,
filled with liquid, it changes colour if theres gases in it from the combustion chambers,
thats the way to tell for certain
thanks for your quick reply, yep will do, i had and idea it was the gasket, there is an odd smell when i take the cap off to top up with coolant.
cheers
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if its had a pressure test and didnt show anything up,
but loses water when running then it could be the head gasket blown between cylinder and water jacket,
get garage to do a sniff test on it,
its a small cylinder that goes over the rad cap,
filled with liquid, it changes colour if theres gases in it from the combustion chambers,
thats the way to tell for certain
but loses water when running then it could be the head gasket blown between cylinder and water jacket,
get garage to do a sniff test on it,
its a small cylinder that goes over the rad cap,
filled with liquid, it changes colour if theres gases in it from the combustion chambers,
thats the way to tell for certain
The test kits that detect the gasses by colour change have nothing to do with sniffing.
HG on these is very easy, might as well do belt/tensioner at same time.
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