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pannawonica Member Since: 21 Nov 2010 Location: Clackline Western Australia Posts: 568 |
Plastic degas bottle can leak a bit when hot, also the plastic heater valve. However if you bypass the cooler you will find out. I doubt there is any hot gases flowing through it wink!
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28th Nov 2017 8:50am |
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pannawonica Member Since: 21 Nov 2010 Location: Clackline Western Australia Posts: 568 |
My thoughts is too b e clear is joining the coolant pipes
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28th Nov 2017 8:54am |
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ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 |
I have just had my radiator changed after my local Indy took off the fan cowling for another job and found a leak on the side of the radiator, I saw no evidence on the bottom of the radiator or the engine. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off. Richard |
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28th Nov 2017 9:08am |
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17391 |
The Puma EGR coolers are not known for being leak prone, but it is possible. As your EGR is turned off in the map, even if the EGR cooler is leaking you won't be leaking coolant into the engine - and water entering the cooler will be on the exhaust side and will probably simply evaporate into the exhaust gas stream. If you had a catastrophic internal failure of the cooler it would be potentially very bad since coolant could conceivably enter the block through an open exhaust valve when a hot engine is shut off. I have never heard of this happening though.
Over the years I have on three occasions suffered from noticeable coolant loss from my '07 2.4: The first was due to a faulty expansion tank cap, it looked fine but I would loose perhaps 1/2" per week of coolant. A new cap cured this. The second was a leak from the water pump gland, this is really hard to spot since the pump is buried under the fuel pump and the gland drain is between the timing case and the water pump. A new pump cured this. The third was a minor leak in the original radiator, which was squirting coolant at the fan and dispersing it so effectively that you couldn't see any trace of it leaking (just like ARC99 above). This was actually spotted by my helpful MOT tester when it dripped on him during an MOT. A new radiator cured this. To be honest if it really is only a minor loss then I wouldn't worry about it, I'd just keep an eye on it in case it gets worse. |
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28th Nov 2017 9:59am |
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ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 |
Well worth a look here too.....
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge There is a little O ring where the pipe end pushes into the oil filter housing, These become hard over time and can leak/drip, but because of the heat will evaporate, Look for pink/white staining. 80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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28th Nov 2017 10:20am |
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Phantom Member Since: 29 Jan 2013 Location: Isle of Wight Posts: 136 |
Puma egrs do leak, seen two at my workshop over the last 12 months, one customers engine dropped enough coolant with the egr issue to blow his head gasket - 2.2 Tdci |
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30th Nov 2017 10:24pm |
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17391 |
Interesting, although I still don't think it is a common problem .... yet. As Pumas get older, who knows.
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30th Nov 2017 10:29pm |
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Natlas Member Since: 20 Mar 2013 Location: West Sussex Posts: 460 |
Came across this thread while searching for EGR cooler leaks. My 2.2 is in the stealers at the moment having engine light fault investigated, also noticed recent drop of coolant level, 1/2 litre so far so just topped up.
Stealer advised EGR valve required replacing, and then found a leak in the EGR cooler which would explain the coolant level dropping. Maybe this is becoming a problem as the 2.2's start to age a little. Mileage is about 75K. Not looking forward to this bill but hopefully won't have to revisit this part of the engine for another 75K miles. 2.2 90 XS 88" Series One Old Norton Minerva |
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