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 Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:02 am |
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i recently got a pug206 1.4 glx 1999 it has 77.000 on the clock. upon noticeing an oil leak a week later i thought Oh crap now what!! its coming from left hand side near the bottom its not a major one but enough to make u worry. there's no sign of oil contamination by water But the water has gone down since filling saturday. no over heating and no steam or hissing when i undo water cap. Has anybody else had this problem or know what could b the problem?
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:06 am |
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Might be your water pump or thermosta
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:06 am |
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Might be your water pump
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:48 pm |
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well the water seems to b swirling around. car still running fine but still leaking still no sign of gaskit going... taking it to garage tomoz morning will update then
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:50 pm |
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:34 pm |
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the oil is in that general area the seal on the rocker box does look screwed i will replace that and see if it stops will let ya know how i get on thanks for the help
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:00 pm |
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Be careful doing up the rocker cover bolts, if you do them up to tight you will bend the rocker cover causing your nice new seal to start leaking 
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:09 pm |
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upon taking the cover off and looking at the oil there is still no sign of mayo/water im guessing i should keep and eye on it and maybe give it oil and filter change before spending loads of money on new head gaskit
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:10 pm |
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Some people overfill the water, when you drive it gets hot, expands and overflows. Then it cools and the level is below where it was so they top it up again. You aren't filling it above the max marker on the expansion tank are you?
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:35 pm |
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Its hard to see where the max water line is the bottle is very hard to see thro for sum reason. Took the car out for a long drive today and no over heating or smoke or any dodgy goings on oil went down a lil but that is all!! Im off to sheffield thursday evening i have confidence it will b ok! wish me luck
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:50 pm |
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If its between the block and cylinder head it is the headgasket
Replace the cambelt too if it hasnt been done
Its an extremly common failure the oil seal, so dont worry just get it done
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:14 pm |
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cant i just replace the seal?
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:45 am |
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| Jmoore8419 wrote: |
| Its hard to see where the max water line is the bottle is very hard to see thro for sum reason. |
Take it of & stick it in the dishwasher if you have one
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:56 pm |
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got to sheffield with the oil leak and no problems at all only had to put water in... now im even more confused lol hmmmm
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:56 am |
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Is the water bottle difficult to see through because it is a brown colour. That is a good sign of head gasket failing or has previously failed and wasn't cleaned (very few people bother) when the gasket was fixed.
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