got home today and just before stopping steam came up though the back of the bonnet, i stopped and opened up bonnet a steam was coming from back of the engine and the radiator was empty. the temp gauge was on normal and the heater was on at the time. i waited for it to cool down a bit and re filed the radiator and found the source of the leak its on the back of the engine under what i think is the feul filter(glass thingey) it was coming out of what i think was a pin prick hole in a threaded hole about the size of a 2p.its a 1977 s3 2.25 petrol.
radiator water loss
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landyboy
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Sounds like a core plug to me, and that one is almost impossible to replace without removeing the head. Sorry for the bad news!
landyboy
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Its easy anyone with half a brain could do it (no offence suzuki owners)
Sidz
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Apparently there is 3 ways of doing that core plug.
1 take the head off
2 take the engine out
3 cut a hole in the bulkhead repair the plug then weld a patch in place.
Personally I went for the head off process and replaced the exhaust manifold at the same time.
1 take the head off
2 take the engine out
3 cut a hole in the bulkhead repair the plug then weld a patch in place.
Personally I went for the head off process and replaced the exhaust manifold at the same time.
