Brought my series 3 for a good spin this evening ( nice weather and all that!) and got home turned it off and then a pretty major leak started from directly under engine it has since stopped, it seemed like water then I saw a slight colour in it so I'm guessing its coolant? It's first time it's had a good drive in a while and I was going about 60mph on the run so maybe I opened up Pandora's box! Also I noticed when I turned it off there was a lot of rattling and vibration before it actually stopped. Any ideas ??
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tottot
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Water pump.Pull fan about and check for movement.
TooMany2cvs
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Sounds like it got very hot, and was running on as a result - so I'm guessing there's not much coolant left in there.
Now it's cooled down, fill it up with water, and see where it pours out. It's likely to be very obvious.
TooMany2cvs
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Any chance of a photo?
Ok, have got the ball rolling, removed fan belt, lost at least an hour removing god damn cowl and shroud thanks to some nicely rusted screws!!! Aaarrrgggh!! Anyway have removed 4 bolts on front of fan but cannot for the life of me get fan off.... What's the story here what am I missing??
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As much as it takes... Given that you've been leaking-and-topping up, this is probably a good opportunity for a full drain-flush-and-change.
Normal green is fine, red organic if you fancy leaving it longer before the next change. But if you change to red, make sure you flush thoroughly, including the heater.
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i'm not surprised at all at 60mph, i've got mates with bog standard 2.25p S2/2a's that will pull 60mph without much if any trouble, even a 2.25d in good condition will go that fast
any that won't do 55mph have either got something wrong with them or a driver with a very light right foot
a good condition, tuned 2.25p will push 70mph
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Ha ha no nitrous but it did manage 60mph without any great difficulty, I think water pump was on its way out anyway lots of small coolant leaks over last few weeks, new pump coming tomorrow so hopefully she will be back on the road for the weekend.
On another note I'm planning to get it resprayed next month (hopefully!). The precious owner hand painted it and I'm hoping to bring it back to the original Mid grey. I've been told that because its been hand painted that i will have to use coach paint as opposed to 2 pack? Any thoughts in this?
On another note I'm planning to get it resprayed next month (hopefully!). The precious owner hand painted it and I'm hoping to bring it back to the original Mid grey. I've been told that because its been hand painted that i will have to use coach paint as opposed to 2 pack? Any thoughts in this?
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I have a gunson type. Had trouble last year with fluid passing to expansion tank due to no seal on rad cap and would have cost me a fortune if I'd had to drain and refill to get correct concentration.
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I have a gunson type. Had trouble last year with fluid passing to expansion tank due to no seal on rad cap and would have cost me a fortune if I'd had to drain and refill to get correct concentration.
