Jellybean Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Hey She is eating the overflow coolant but to be honest running too cool ; around 78 mark. I reckon I need to do my water pump, car is 18 years old; I was going to do the Termostat too ; I have the fanbelt/Tensioner done , Cambelt was done at 80k KM she is now around 133KM; lower.upper Rad pipe is done but I might change the rad for piece of mind. Oil pump will need done at some stage cost effective to do oil pump, front/ rear crank seal? What else would you recommend to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 If your doing the oil pump then change the water pump at the same time while its apart. Where is the coolant going? Leak anywhere? Normally when the water pumps go it leaks out the bottom of the pump and you should see signs of coolant/water on the alternator. Check that I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Is the radiator cap spring ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 If your doing the oil pump then change the water pump at the same time while its apart. Where is the coolant going? Leak anywhere? Normally when the water pumps go it leaks out the bottom of the pump and you should see signs of coolant/water on the alternator. Check that I would. I checked it this morning , I dont have a clue where the leak is! Everytime I open the Rad cap to top it up she is full but yet the expansion tank has gone through 2 liters in about 1000KM ; I did get her completly flushed recently but I taught it might just need more Coolant. The rad Cap is a TRD one, it is about 2 years old now but as far as I can remember she is doing this since I got the car. If I let the expansion tank run dry and after a 100+ KM go to top up the rad, she is constantly full. No coolant is on the ground or in and around the engine area! Maybe it is the Vacuum hose between the Expansion bottle and the Rad but to me it looks all good. I gave her a good blast this morning so I will check the expansion tank coolant level again , and have another look around but from what I was told it is fairly easy to notice any coolant leaking. On a side note I did get a standard rad cap but id does not fit the aftermarket Rad, the TRD is a 1.5 bar cap, maybe this is the issue? The TRD cap does look as new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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