drip drip drip

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Sun May 26, 2013 5:24 pm

Dunno mate, possibly.. it was ok til I hit that badger which split my rad and overheated the engine and now its dripping out of the cam belt cover

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Sun May 26, 2013 7:54 pm

Considering the only thing behind that cover to do with coolant is the pump, so either way ur gna have to strip it down to see

good luck chap

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Sun May 26, 2013 8:21 pm

Cheers bud

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Sun May 26, 2013 9:45 pm

bb1boy wrote:It only drips when engine is off, when running its ok if the heating fans are on. I can't get the cooling fans to come on at all though unless I put power directly to them.

Surely the cooling fans would be on most of the time if the water pump's gone - unless the thermal switch is knackered (and leaking?)
The rad's new, you say. So is the drip. Go over the installation again. 9 times out of 10 and all that.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Sun May 26, 2013 10:08 pm

Thermal switch, where's that? Cooling fans have never worked! Rad is new, drip is nowhere near it though..

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Sun May 26, 2013 10:22 pm

Sailor wrote:
bb1boy wrote:It only drips when engine is off, when running its ok if the heating fans are on. I can't get the cooling fans to come on at all though unless I put power directly to them.
Surely the cooling fans would be on most of the time if the water pump's gone - unless the thermal switch is knackered (and leaking?)
The rad's new, you say. So is the drip. Go over the installation again. 9 times out of 10 and all that.

I was going to say the same, it took me a while to notice the cooling fans were not working on mine, changed the fan switch (green one on back of thermostat housing) then the relay in uner bonnet fuse box, it turned out to be the relay! easy fix either way.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Sun May 26, 2013 11:15 pm

Thanks Bri, I'll check them out! ..still my water pump is dead though or it wouldn't be leaking, right?

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Mon May 27, 2013 10:29 am

Exactly right matey.

Supermarine Blues · Post by **Supermarine Blues** » Mon May 27, 2013 7:45 pm

bb1boy wrote:Dunno mate, possibly.. it was ok til I hit that badger which split my rad and overheated the engine and now its dripping out of the cam belt cover

Ah; what tends to happen is the fresh coolant in the new rad. makes the water very 'wet' and it finds its way out of the worn pump bearing, which the old gunky coolant couldn't do.

It's very common if you change the coolant - it can even start weeping out of knackered old hoses and stuff.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:38 pm

Ooh ok thanks - another thought I just had is theat the water pump must take fluid in from somewhere, is there a chance that the hose to the pump (wherever it is) could be leaking and not the pump itself?? Please tell me a water pump can suck in air as well if its faulty as I don't want the occasionally evident little stream of bubbles to be headgasket failure!!