Cleaned the car today, was thinking about colour for wheels and searched for water leak.

I definetly have a water leak but i cant find it, the expansion bottle drains slowly over time, drains the same amount when standing as running, so suggests a leak for sure. I cant find it though, the rad does look a little poor in places however, any thoughts?

One of those 440 wheels had a huge ding in it, so scrapped it, still got 4, does anyone know the paint code for the glt alloys, the siliver looks really nice when cleaned up.

Do you notice any drips? Could be a slow HG leak? Not exactly famed for it but Andy (pettaw) had a similar problem on one of his 360's

It could be but ive seen water marks around the radiator and like i say it doesnt make much difference between running and standing. If hg was leaking amount i see to loose would have damaged the engine by now i think. Are radiators cheap? Maybe the first place to start

Hi Evoman.
I can sell you a cheap,in exellent condition second hanh rad if you need one.
Explore other probs first though.
Cheers Mark.

cheers how would i know if its the HG without replacing it and seeing if that solves the problem?

You could do a compression test, simple kit and a doddle to do. But I'd only do that if you can't see any visible leaks.

ye, like i say the only visible bit i can see is the water marks below the radiator

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Evoman wrote:ye, like i say the only visible bit i can see is the water marks below the radiator

Then you probably have a radiator who needs changing! Engine is most probably just fine

Im not sure if its just the rad tho, becuase the amount of water loose doesnt seem as big as the water marks on the rad :/

Evoman wrote:Im not sure if its just the rad tho, becuase the amount of water loose doesnt seem as big as the water marks on the rad :/

Could be evaporating straight away so the visible water marks looks smaller than it is in reality?

steve, your most likly to be right

New tyres ordered, may have the new wheels on in a few days, depending how soon the tyres i arrive.

This wonderful, is being shit! getting abit annoyed with it now. On top of all its little problems like leaking rad, dodgy spring cup, banging exhaust the lights are playing up and im to poor to do anything

anyway rant over, im going to try and get stuff, but ive got to much uni work.

Evoman wrote: im going to try and get stuff, but ive got to much uni work.

I know the feeling Good luck getting it sorted anyway man.