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 Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:29 pm |
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Joined: Jul 10, 2012
Posts: 18
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Location: Australia
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After a 30min or so drive, I've started to notice a slight coolant smell.
Felt the footwell carpets for signs of a leaky heatercore, but nothing.
So it turns out my overflow bottle has dried coolant on it, as per the pics below.
I read that cap seal can perish and leak coolant over the engine cover, but that hasn't happened as the engine cover looks fine.
So I'm starting to wonder if bottle is damaged and leaking from the middle, but is that even possible?
This has been happening for a while now, I've been a little slack and haven't bother to sort it out.
Car still drives perfect, with no high temp readings.
Help?!?
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:13 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: UK
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The worst thing about this bottle is you can't check thee coolant level easily. Sounds like you might need to invest in a new one though.
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:16 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
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Location: Palestine
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change the cap,it's the most common fault with these.
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:51 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: In the garage
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My old old was very slightly crusty at that bit. Never came to a full leak.
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