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19 October 2005 | 06:52 AM
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help!!
coming home from work this morning got near to where i live, pulled up at a junction and steam was pouring from the bonnet, took it steady as i was only round the corner from where i live, parked up at home to find the temp guage was 3/4`s high and fans on.
put car half in garage to see what was wrong and guess what?
no coolant, tried filling up and it just seems to be leeking from bottom of radiator.
tried the drain plug as i thought this could have come loose but no it was tight,
how could this of happened?
is there something i`m missing? cant see much as there is not an awful lot of room!
could the radiator be split? could i put some radweld in till new radiator comes as i need car for work, or is it repairable? checked the hoses that i could see but they are ok
btw its a 95 wrx
cheers any help would be very helpful
sean.
put car half in garage to see what was wrong and guess what?
no coolant, tried filling up and it just seems to be leeking from bottom of radiator.
tried the drain plug as i thought this could have come loose but no it was tight,
how could this of happened?
is there something i`m missing? cant see much as there is not an awful lot of room!
could the radiator be split? could i put some radweld in till new radiator comes as i need car for work, or is it repairable? checked the hoses that i could see but they are ok
btw its a 95 wrx
cheers any help would be very helpful
sean.
19 October 2005 | 09:34 AM
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rad weld.. no way.. if you have lost that much water and you top it up and it pours back out then not a chance it will seal it.
The rad has a bracket on the bottom that will cup any water and so it will flow along the bottom and so tracing exactly where it is coming from is not easy.
Check it is not the bottom hose connections..
Sounds more like radiator though.
Try www.hdcsubaru.com for a secondhand replacement.
Simon
The rad has a bracket on the bottom that will cup any water and so it will flow along the bottom and so tracing exactly where it is coming from is not easy.
Check it is not the bottom hose connections..
Sounds more like radiator though.
Try www.hdcsubaru.com for a secondhand replacement.
Simon
19 October 2005 | 11:33 AM
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just took rad out now and it has popped out on the side by the top feed and leaking from there after filling with water
got new one coming tommorow at the grand sum of 116 pound delivered, guy says its a common fault and he has shifted over 500 this year so far
never knew this !!!
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got new one coming tommorow at the grand sum of 116 pound delivered, guy says its a common fault and he has shifted over 500 this year so far
never knew this !!!
you learn something new everyday
19 October 2005 | 11:48 AM
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is the leak on the drivers side?if so mine went in the same place!got a brand new 1 off a guy on ebay,look through them 1st as 1 or 2 will say best offer,got mine for £109.95 and that included p&p.good luck hope its not too serious
19 October 2005 | 12:54 PM
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had a look on ebay and one auction link below had phone number so phoned direct and its coming tommorow
regards
sean.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUBARU-A-NEW-R...QQcmdZViewItem
regards
sean.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUBARU-A-NEW-R...QQcmdZViewItem