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[chrisgixer]

If its a head off job this car is going to be scrapped

Why? Its cheaper to repair it than buy another car.

Stick a bottle of bars leak stop, or rad weld, or whatever its called in the coolant bottle and see if the leak stops.
Couple of quid.

[05omegav6]

If its a head off job this car is going to be scrapped

Why? Its cheaper to repair it than buy another car.

Stick a bottle of bars leak stop, or rad weld, or whatever its called in the coolant bottle and see if the leak stops.
Couple of quid.

If using radweld etc, then be sure to set the climate panel to Lo on both sides for a week. This should stop it clogging up the heater matrix

[vauxsull]

Its all down to frustration my wanting to scrap it... The cost of having the heads done would surely run in to a few hundred??

[Elite Pete]

To be fair the cooling system was in a very poor condition when Keith bought the car. I suspect there had been a long term leak and someone had filled the cooling system with k seal/ rad weld at some point as the thermostat and heater matrix were clogged with crud and the coolant was orange sludge. One other thing. I pressure tested the cooling system before doing the coolant bridge and oil cooler cover and it held pressure for a good 10 minutes no problem so it seems to be when the engine is hot

[omega3000]

Its all down to frustration my wanting to scrap it... The cost of having the heads done would surely run in to a few hundred??

It wont be that much , even if it was its still cheaper than buying another car that you mite have more problems with . Once thats done it will be piece of mind its never going to happen again 

[cem_devecioglu]

Its all down to frustration my wanting to scrap it... The cost of having the heads done would surely run in to a few hundred??

It wont be that much , even if it was its still cheaper than buying another car that you mite have more problems with . Once thats done it will be piece of mind its never going to happen again 

yep.. and at the end you have a reliable car .. erm.. at least no headgasket problem anymore

[omega3000]

Thats if it is head gasket  I think my old Elite was loosing coolant on the passenger side back pot and that was a 98-99 .. only lost about a pint of coolant every 2 months so i just kept topping it up . I was tempted to put K seal in but then the tappets started chatting to each other 

[vauxsull]

I use just over 1 ltr per week... What would the cost of having head gasket done then? There or there abouts?