RE: Coolant Loss

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Have you checked the coolant flange which is bolted on to the end of the 
head, at the gearbox end - they are prone to leakage which is not always 
obvious, because of the crowding of hoses/pipes in that area.  Might be 
worth putting some dye in the coolant that might leave telltale signs - 
ideally fluorescent.

HTH,

Ewan Hopkins


>From: james.david@clyde.com.sg
>To: Randy Block <RandyB@E-Risk.com>
>CC: "'scirocco-l@scirocco.org'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Coolant Loss
>Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:01:50 +0800
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>
>admittedly, that possibility has been at the back of my mind (just refused 
>to
>think about it) - however there has been no power loss at all in fact the 
>car is
>running like a dream, no white smoke on start up and on my last check 
>yesterday,
>the remaining coolant is pretty clear......I'm completely baffled - I 
>suppose
>there might be a small leak somewhere which I have not spotted where the 
>coolant
>evaporates almost immediately on leaking.........sigh.  maybe I will just 
>have
>to pyhsically open it up to check the head gasket and head.............
>
>
>
>
>Randy Block <RandyB@E-Risk.com> on 01/10/2001 11:26:42 AM
>
>To:   James David/sgp/CLYDE_CO
>cc:   "'scirocco-l@scirocco.org'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Fax to:
>Subject:  RE: Coolant Loss
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>James,
>I hate to bring this up as possibility but if there is no sign of coolant
>loss and you are having to refill it on a regular basis, you might be
>burning it.
>Bad head gasket, cracked head?
>You might check to see if your oil is foamy or if the coolant that is in
>there now is irridescent.
>You could check the compression of each cylinder and make sure all are 
>about
>the same.
>If you have a crack or break in the headgasket between a water passage and
>the combustion chamber you'd probably notice a lack of power and poor
>running condition though.
>If you haven't already, check these things and get back to us.
>
>Randy B
>81 (Mars) Scirocco S - Techtonics Tuning 1847cc 8V
>81 (Cosmos) Scirocco S - future Oettinger 16V project
>87 Jetta GLI 16V - daily driver
>
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From:     james.david@clyde.com.sg [SMTP:james.david@clyde.com.sg]
>      Sent:     Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:22 PM
>      To:  Joe Doty
>      Cc:  roccophil@mindspring.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>      Subject:  Coolant Loss
>
>
>      List,
>
>      I seem to be losing a litre of coolant every 5 days or so.  I have
>checked all
>      the radiator caps, hoses, etc and am unable to find any leak or
>loose connection
>      - and I have checked this even while the engine is hot and running.
>I am at a
>      complete loss as to where the damn liquid is dissapearing to - any
>ideas? and
>      what I should do about this?  I would really like to try and sort
>this out
>      immediately since I am planning a long trip over the weekend.
>
>      james
>
>
>
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