RE: Coolant Loss

[james.david@clyde.com.sg]

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>
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Subject:  RE: Coolant Loss




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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