tefo
17-02-2011, 07:35 PM
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC000431.jpghow it going guys?ive had this problem with my car in the way of water loss.since about august last year ive had to top up the water evry day.it doesnt empty out but it would level out about two inches from the top of the radiator.i looked all over the engine under it but no sign of a leak.btw the first thing i did before all of this was replaced the radiator cap.the car never overheated but gave it a compression test and turned out fine.no water or steam from the tailpipe either.so i know im losing water but dont know where.water pump was done in o7 so i now it wasnt that but checked any way.next i took of the intake manifold,and thats when i spotted water sitting between the two banks.now i know why i couldnt find the leak because it was evapourating from the hot block.i replaced the o ring behind the water pump thinking that was the problem,but had no effect,problem was still the same,so i took the manifold off again and was going to add some gasket sealer around the o ring,when i noticed the rear bank between the head and block was was nice n dry,but the front bank was nothttp://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04688.jpg
so off came the headshttp://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04716.jpg
one of the water jackets had given way which ment water made it to one of the head bolts and then exited the head it self.http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04718.jpghttp://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04701.jpg so in the end im glad i found the problem,while the heads are off im going to change the valve stems and lap the valves cam seals and so on..http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04705.jpghttp://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC000371.jpg
so off came the headshttp://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04716.jpg
one of the water jackets had given way which ment water made it to one of the head bolts and then exited the head it self.http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04718.jpghttp://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04701.jpg so in the end im glad i found the problem,while the heads are off im going to change the valve stems and lap the valves cam seals and so on..http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC04705.jpghttp://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/tefo1/DSC000371.jpg