|
| sabian631 |
|
||
Age: 44 Posts: 119 Joined: 27th Jul 2006 Ride: EF II wagon Location: adelaide/salisbury north |
i had a water leak bout a 2 weeks ago and had my water pump replaced. thought all my water problems were gone but tody i lost bout 3 liters of water again. no signs of a leak on the ground and no milky oil, if it is a head gasket how would i tell and if not what else could it be?
_________________ EF2 wagon stockstandard with plenty of leaks and other problems |
||
| Top | |
||
| Krytox |
|
|||
|
look at the back of the block (exhaust side) if its wet theres a chance its leaking and its evaporating from exhaust heat before it hits the ground.
Are you using coolant? (glycol) if so, can you smell it? If you are again, look for a whiteish green residue on the sump gasket. Have you checked the radiator cap? if its playing up... it could be leaking out the overflow. (zip tie a coke® bottle to the overflow pipe and take it for a drive) thats just a few. be sure to check all pipes and radiator for evidents of leaks and also check for excess steam from the exhaust
_________________ Carefree, we may not be number one, but we're up there. |
|||
| Top | |
|||
| sabian631 |
|
||
Age: 44 Posts: 119 Joined: 27th Jul 2006 Ride: EF II wagon Location: adelaide/salisbury north |
its to dark to check the block at the moment
i was using coolant but i don't know what it smells like and i have a s**t sense of smell the radiator cap could be replaced it has leaked in the past and i think its safe to say that it was i bit excessive but could that cause such a large water loss not sure bout the steam factor it seem ok at running temp but car does run a bit eraticly in the temp department
_________________ EF2 wagon stockstandard with plenty of leaks and other problems |
||
| Top | |
||
| sabian631 |
|
||
Age: 44 Posts: 119 Joined: 27th Jul 2006 Ride: EF II wagon Location: adelaide/salisbury north |
info i missed efII dual fuel
_________________ EF2 wagon stockstandard with plenty of leaks and other problems |
||
| Top | |
||
| madmax |
|
|||
|
Remove the heat shield from the exhaust manifold and check behind there.
My EL was leaking out of the headgasket between 4 & 5, Coolant was never visable as it evaporated before getting to the floor.
_________________
|
|||
| Top | |
|||
| sabian631 |
|
||
Age: 44 Posts: 119 Joined: 27th Jul 2006 Ride: EF II wagon Location: adelaide/salisbury north |
have to have a look under the heat shield, could you tell me if the correct coolant is a clear colour and what is the red/brown crap that coats the inside of my coolant bottle
_________________ EF2 wagon stockstandard with plenty of leaks and other problems |
||
| Top | |
||
| madmax |
|
|||
|
sabian631 wrote: have to have a look under the heat shield, could you tell me if the correct coolant is a clear colour and what is the red/brown crap that coats the inside of my coolant bottle
Coolant is usually a bright green colour. Ford also do a pink. The red/brown crap thats inside your coolant bottle is likely to be red oxide or rust! Sounds like your cooling system needs a good clean out and new coolant.
_________________
|
|||
| Top | |
|||
| sabian631 |
|
||
Age: 44 Posts: 119 Joined: 27th Jul 2006 Ride: EF II wagon Location: adelaide/salisbury north |
thanks for the info i'm gunna try and get it looked at in the next couple of days
_________________ EF2 wagon stockstandard with plenty of leaks and other problems |
||
| Top | |
||
| kizzer |
|
|||
|
id get on to this pretty quick ey mate.
about 4 months ago i had the same problem. was leeking from behind he heat shield so i changed the gasket. problem was i drove around for a bit when i was trying to find it. temp never got hot or anything. now 3months later car is in the drive way with no head. really cant f**k around with these heads ey.
_________________ 1995 EF Fairmont with all the Gear. |
|||
| Top | |
|||
| sabian631 |
|
||
Age: 44 Posts: 119 Joined: 27th Jul 2006 Ride: EF II wagon Location: adelaide/salisbury north |
ive got no idea how long it has been going on for so i took the car off the road yesterday. its back to good old public transport yea!!!
_________________ EF2 wagon stockstandard with plenty of leaks and other problems |
||
| Top | |
||
| sabian631 |
|
||
Age: 44 Posts: 119 Joined: 27th Jul 2006 Ride: EF II wagon Location: adelaide/salisbury north |
i read in other posts that it coudl cost bout $600-$1000 to fix could anyone in the adelaide region confurm this couse i don't want to get riped off.
_________________ EF2 wagon stockstandard with plenty of leaks and other problems |
||
| Top | |
||
| Who is online |
|---|
Users browsing this forum: Google Adsense [Bot] and 37 guests |
