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[cem_devecioglu]

1 sorry don't understand your reply.
2 messing about with dye is not finding a coolant leak. It's waisting time and money messing around with dye for no gain what so ever. Especially as its IN THE COOLANT ALREADY.

ok then why those people cant find the leak if its so visible ?

cem, pull the other one. Your not that stupid.

Iirc, the op may well have the plenum, inlet and wedge obstructing the view. No amount of colour will change that.... For example.

Colour won't help him to look at the radiator either. 

chris , if your statement is correct , people must be able to find the leak easily on 4 pots ..  but I have seen numerous cases that even leaks in 4 pots can not be discovered easy .. because engines are hot and coolant quickly evaporates on it..
 
you also already know that V6 engine not only looses coolant from under plenum.. there are other areas..
 
next time a 4 pot coolant problem arises in general discussion , what will we say, "look carefully you will find it" 
 
ps: just google "mystery coolant loss" , and count how many 4 pots you will see

[feeutfo]

1 sorry don't understand your reply.
2 messing about with dye is not finding a coolant leak. It's waisting time and money messing around with dye for no gain what so ever. Especially as its IN THE COOLANT ALREADY.

ok then why those people cant find the leak if its so visible ?

cem, pull the other one. Your not that stupid.

Iirc, the op may well have the plenum, inlet and wedge obstructing the view. No amount of colour will change that.... For example.

Colour won't help him to look at the radiator either. 

chris , if your statement is correct , people must be able to find the leak easily on 4 pots ..  but I have seen numerous cases that even leaks in 4 pots can not be discovered easy .. because engines are hot and coolant quickly evaporates on it..
 
you also already know that V6 engine not only looses coolant from under plenum.. there are other areas..
 
next time a 4 pot coolant problem arises in general discussion , what will we say, "look carefully you will find it" 

but open the bonet first.

[kluku5]

Well ok, maybe I should use dies, but I thought that maybe its just the plastic next to the rad thats leaking, and the bellhousing was wet because rain poured there from under the scuttle? The crack in the plastic was not visible to naked eye, but it was leaking water quite heavy. And it's also wet straight down from there, I'm not sure if its leaking from somewhere else, or it is the water form the top of plastic.

The car has also had a front-end crash most definetly, because the registration plate is ruined, a repainted fender and so on. So I thought maybe just the rad is f****d up, and I could find a replacement one from a scrapyard or something.

If I didn't like the car so much, I'd have probably sold the car a long time ago

[cem_devecioglu]

Well ok, maybe I should use dies, but I thought that maybe its just the plastic next to the rad thats leaking, and the bellhousing was wet because rain poured there from under the scuttle? The crack in the plastic was not visible to naked eye, but it was leaking water quite heavy. And it's also wet straight down from there, I'm not sure if its leaking from somewhere else, or it is the water form the top of plastic.

The car has also had a front-end crash most definetly, because the registration plate is ruined, a repainted fender and so on. So I thought maybe just the rad is f****d up, and I could find a replacement one from a scrapyard or something.

If I didn't like the car so much, I'd have probably sold the car a long time ago

looking at the picture , repaired rad doesnt seem to be healthy and cant predict how it will behave on a forced run  

[kluku5]

Well, the glue didn't stop the leak, it's still coming through.

[feeutfo]

We have a reasonable supplier here for radiators, not sure that will help in Estonia though...?

Rad needs replacing, regardless of colour.

[cem_devecioglu]

We have a reasonable supplier here for radiators, not sure that will help in Estonia though...?

Rad needs replacing, regardless of colour.

if there is another leak ?

[kluku5]

I'm sure I can find a rad from somewhere here in Estonia, at least I hope so .
And if there is another leak, at least I know that it is not the rad anymore .
I have to eliminate possible leaks one after the other anyway...