Coolant Leak!

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Cyruz
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Post Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:14 am

Ahhh HELP! As I was driving to school this morning I noticed a pool of coolant on the passenger side floor, it had dripped from under the center of the dash. I'll have a proper look when I get home anyone heard of this before?
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Post Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:49 am

Sounds like it could be the heater matrix dude
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Post Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:52 pm

Gah bastid evil thing! Anyone know how arkward these are to replace? I'm not paying a garage to do it thats for sure :), mainly due to my lack of money!
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Post Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:40 pm

More likely to be the electric heater valve. Take the access panel off to the right of the glovebox and have a look. (Panel above glovebox comes off first).
Easy enough to change, but don't lose the little square nuts. Tape them in place when you refit.
You do have a radiator pressure cap with a yellow bottom, don't you??!!
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Post Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:43 pm

I remember reading somewhere about a yellow bottoms raditor cap. Do you ment the cap on the overflow tank because the radiator doesn't have a cap?

Vavle shouldn't be to hard as the car is stripped and there is no glove box :)
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Post Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:49 pm

Cyruz wrote:. Do you ment the cap on the overflow tank because the radiator doesn't have a cap?
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Yes. I wrote radiator pressure cap to avoid confusing people.
Presurises the radiator, where ever it's actually fitted.