Find my Coolant .....

[Guinness]

Well I drove to work today thinking.....hmmm the car isnt getting very warm today.

When I got there it turns out I have no coolant left!!!! eeeeeeek.

It didnt beep at me to warn of overheating and I cant see a leak. The oil looks fine.

Ideas please, it has to be leaking somewhere.

 

[nwmlarge]

best solution is to fill it up again and have another look.

 

[Guinness]

Tried doing that at work, sadly it is raining so will be a bit more conclusive tonight in the garage.

 

[nwmlarge]

bit of card under the car? might illuminate it ?

have you had any part of the car taken apart lately ??

 

[Guinness]

No not recently mate reckon it has just happend. Would a light or warning normally come on to let you know if the engine is overheating?

 

[jenk]

There are two ali pipes that go into the bulk head for the heater matrix, fill her back up and run the engine to see if its leaking there. Easy job if its that, just two o-rings to replace.

 

[nwmlarge]

overheating warning will only come on really late

 

[Guinness]

Well nice to know I didnt go that far. Like to think I didnt do any damage.

 

[barney501]

Not sure about yours bud but mine has an electrical terminal hole at the top of my header tank for a low level indicator sensor but dosent have oon fitted. Think this is a typical Seat thing again where it your cars accessories all depended on who was working the day your car was built!!
As for the loss of coolant try filling it up again and sliding a piece of card or such like underneath to see where the drip is. Good luck

 

[Guinness]

There are two ali pipes that go into the bulk head for the heater matrix, fill her back up and run the engine to see if its leaking there. Easy job if its that, just two o-rings to replace.

Seems to be spot on mate. Very wet around there and in the hole so Im guessing that has to be from the pipe. I took the drip tray off and couldnt see anything in there it was bone dry, ran the car for 10mins and couldnt see any drips.

Checked all the pipes and all seem good except from there. So how do I go about removing and replacing these o rings mate?

I have the air intake to the inlet off and can get too it.

Also does anyone know the procedure for draining coolant and refilling it (ie how to bleed and where the drain nipple is) I think the nipple will be on the bottom of the rad. But no idea how to bleed the air.

 

[Guinness]

o Ring Washer if anyone is interest. It seems pretty straight forward. N 908 905 01

Here is the diagram if anyone is interested

Part 13 is what I think I need to replace.

 

[jenk]

There's just a 6mm allen bolt holding part 12 in, with that bracket off the pipes just come out. It took me a while to reseat the pipes correctly so don't fill it up all the way with coolant before you check its sealed ok.

No real procedure with coolant, just top back up with G12/water mix, leave the cap off the header tank and run the engine for a very short period to burp the system. Then take it for a run with the heaters on and check the levels and top up as required.

 

[Guinness]

Cheers mate, Any ideas on how to drain the coolant as I wont have anywhere near the right mix after putting 2L of pure water in?

Will give this a go at the weekend hopefuly, its an excuse to take the bike to work anyway.

 

[jenk]

Just pull that pipe out and let it drain, then top up with a more concentrated G12 mix if you feel there's less come out compared to what water you put in. It will all mix in the system. If you want to drain it near enough fully, pull the bottom rad hose off.

 

[Guinness]

Good idea will do that, bumper off job though. Booo.

O rings orderd today, partnumbers where fine and cost 64p all in (doing both).

 

[Guinness]

How did you get the ali pipe out of the matrix, mine seems dam near welded in.

Im not going to break anything pulling too hard am I?

 

[joop200789]

just try wingle and twisting them carefully and be carefull there as soft as cheese and are expensive to replace for what they are

 

[Guinness]

Just cant get it to budge, the matrix behind is quite loose Im hoping it is leaking from there and not from the matrix futher into the bulkhead.

Not sure what to do now. will give it a go tomorrow.

 

[Guinness]

Having no luck getting the pipes to seal with the o-rings if anything it is just pi**ing out. I have no coolant at all now.

Any ideas on how to push the pipe bac into the holes, FYI there is a bolt but tightning that up makes no difference

 

[wenman]

Will this be the same for a petrol Ibiza as I seem to be losing coolant.
Did you get yours sorted Guinness?