antgtir
New Member
Hello all,
Yesterday i picked up my new Radiator (thanks to Pete;-) ) and on my way back to my dads (where the tools and garage is lol) obviously watching temps etc as i new my leak was progressively getting worse i noticed the oil temp start to creep up and then looked at the water temp which was starting to increase at a fast pace, literally 1/2 a junction away from my turn off the motorway i had to pull over before the engine boiled.
Anyway got the R home and changed the radiator for the new one. Cleaned and bleed the system (with the heaters on lol) and no leaks, everything fine. Now normally you would expect a decrease in water level in the header tank however i checked it this morning and the water level was still in the tank but below min.
So thinking ahead i took the water/antifreeze out of the boot and topped the tank up again. Literally 10 mins of driving not even enough to heat through the oil lol and the water level has dropped again by approx 1-2cm.
My question is, is this normal and should the level steady soon? or have i forgotten something and made a school boy error:doh: lol?
Your feedback on this would be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance.
Ant.:-D
Yesterday i picked up my new Radiator (thanks to Pete;-) ) and on my way back to my dads (where the tools and garage is lol) obviously watching temps etc as i new my leak was progressively getting worse i noticed the oil temp start to creep up and then looked at the water temp which was starting to increase at a fast pace, literally 1/2 a junction away from my turn off the motorway i had to pull over before the engine boiled.
Anyway got the R home and changed the radiator for the new one. Cleaned and bleed the system (with the heaters on lol) and no leaks, everything fine. Now normally you would expect a decrease in water level in the header tank however i checked it this morning and the water level was still in the tank but below min.
So thinking ahead i took the water/antifreeze out of the boot and topped the tank up again. Literally 10 mins of driving not even enough to heat through the oil lol and the water level has dropped again by approx 1-2cm.
My question is, is this normal and should the level steady soon? or have i forgotten something and made a school boy error:doh: lol?
Your feedback on this would be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance.
Ant.:-D