TheDragon

I have noticed my coolant level dropping and needing topping up often. I
have read there may be a coolant drain plug thats coming loose. But cant
find it. Does anyone know where on the 2.0 Petrol the coolant drain is?? Or
another possible sources of a leak.

PMP4Hire

Have a pressure test performed on your car's
system.

John

You are not just overfilling the reservoir tank on it are you?. If
overfilled that can just overflow when engine heats up.

TheDragon

"John" <susan48@aapt.net.au> wrote in message
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> You are not just overfilling the reservoir tank on it are you?. If
> overfilled that can just overflow when engine heats up.
>

I have found the leak. I removed the radiator grill and rad supports. Heated
the engine up real hot by disengaging the fans and running the engine at 3k
revs. Once the temperature gauge reached 3/4 way up (Fans kick in 1/2 way
up), i reduced the revs and left ticking over. The radiator has a 1"
hairline crack in the top plastic, hardy visible under the grime. When
cleaned, the crack spurted coolant a good 2 feet in the air under the
pressure. Sorted.
To fix it i cooled the engine, with a soldering iron, melted the plastic to
seal the crack, anc covered in Epoxy. All seems fine now. Will report back
in a few days if no more coolant is lost during driving.