passenger footwell soaked in coolant any ideas ?
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Grrrmachine
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Broken stub pipes most likely. Very common problem.
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... Stub_Pipes
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... Stub_Pipes
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e30topless
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I have done probably 50 engine swaps and never broke a stub ! am I lucky ?
my money is on a leaky heater valve, if the car is RHD remove the console/glovebox for better access, stick your head in there while the car is running with the heater on and look for drips around this area
my money is on a leaky heater valve, if the car is RHD remove the console/glovebox for better access, stick your head in there while the car is running with the heater on and look for drips around this area
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This. In all the work I have done on these, never a pipe was broke.e30topless wrote:I have done probably 50 engine swaps and never broke a stub ! am I lucky ?
my money is on a leaky heater valve, if the car is RHD remove the console/glovebox for better access, stick your head in there while the car is running with the heater on and look for drips around this area
It'll be a fooked heater valve.
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+ one on the heater valve
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Brianmoooore
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+2, and possibly caused by a cooling system pressure cap that still hasn't been changed, seventeen years after the safety recall.Kos wrote:+ one on the heater valve
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+3 changed my heater valve not too long ago. No more wet carpet.
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Grrrmachine
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Sorry for the bad suggestion. I've amended the Wiki to suit.
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lol and they will still honour itBrianmoooore wrote:+2, and possibly caused by a cooling system pressure cap that still hasn't been changed, seventeen years after the safety recall.Kos wrote:+ one on the heater valve
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Heater matrix/heater valve or pipe