XAH03 Member 597 Member For: 17y 5m 24d Gender: Male Location: Cairns QLD Posted 04/03/12 11:14 AM Share Posted 04/03/12 11:14 AM Lately my car has been using a fair bit of coolant.so far I have replaced the overflow bottle, overflow bottle cap, all the hoses (genuine ford) and all hose clamps. The heater wasnt working so I did the heater mixer shaft also.The whole system has been pressure tested twice. once which found a small leak on the upper radiator hose because the clamp wasnt tight enough and the other we took the spark plugs out to check for head gasket leaks. but it is still leakingwe found no traces of water in the cylinders (also used a micro camera). the oil has been dropped and no traces of water there either. The car has been on the hoist 3 times to check from under the car, nothing found here also. does anybody have any ideas where it could possibly be going? My next guess would be maybe the turbo somewhere. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 5m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/03/12 11:58 AM Share Posted 04/03/12 11:58 AM Yep its vaporizing and going out the exhaust probably. There is a test with colour change dye that can help. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1205607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAH03 Member 597 Member For: 17y 5m 24d Gender: Male Location: Cairns QLD Posted 04/03/12 09:26 PM Author Share Posted 04/03/12 09:26 PM Yeah that's what I'm thinking. Do you know where to get the dye and how to do it? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1205653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsonian101 Donating Members 961 Member For: 16y 9m 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 05/03/12 08:02 AM Share Posted 05/03/12 08:02 AM I'm trying out some Purple Ice!http://www.royalpurple.com/product-categories/automotive/#!purple-ice-radiator-coolant-additive Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1205923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 05/03/12 09:35 AM Share Posted 05/03/12 09:35 AM You sure it's not the heater core in the dash?Benny. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1205996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAH03 Member 597 Member For: 17y 5m 24d Gender: Male Location: Cairns QLD Posted 05/03/12 10:34 AM Author Share Posted 05/03/12 10:34 AM Yep, I've had the whole dash and heater box out and checked over to make sure there was no problems.It's at the mechanics now so they can find what the problem is. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1206048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 07/03/12 02:32 AM Share Posted 07/03/12 02:32 AM Let us know what it is Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1206923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAH03 Member 597 Member For: 17y 5m 24d Gender: Male Location: Cairns QLD Posted 07/03/12 07:29 AM Author Share Posted 07/03/12 07:29 AM You having the same problem mate?They have put the system under pressure overnight so hopefully when they get in tomorrow morning there should be some signs of where it's going. I read somewhere that there is a o-ring in the water pump that gives way so maybe it might be a $3 part instead of a turbo. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1207034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAH03 Member 597 Member For: 17y 5m 24d Gender: Male Location: Cairns QLD Posted 08/03/12 07:38 AM Author Share Posted 08/03/12 07:38 AM What a pain in the ar$e.Got the car back today, and the mechanic couldn't find a problem. The system was under pressure lastnight and didn't drop a bit. The turbo was checked for signs of coolant, nothing. They ran the car for an hour today to see if it was going anywhere while the motor was running and still nothing.I'm starting to think it's playing jokes on me. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1207536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
234Fpv Donating Members 522 Member For: 13y 9m 14d Gender: Male Location: Yeppoon qld Posted 09/03/12 04:58 AM Share Posted 09/03/12 04:58 AM If it was going through the turbo wouldn't you smell it? Sounds strange. Did it lose any coolant at all while being tested? Was the heater left on while testing? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79189-using-coolant-any-ideas/#findComment-1207897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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