coolfgxr6t Member 30 Member For: 11y 7m 13d Posted 20/11/13 07:06 AM Share Posted 20/11/13 07:06 AM hey guys. Got my car serviced couple weeks ago for first time since I got it. They said the coolant level was low but they pressure tested it and found nothing wrong. About a day after I got it back I was driving it pretty hard and when I got home coolant was coming out of the under side of the plastic coolant tank. enough to clearly see it dripping off and making puddle on ground. The next day the coolant Level was pretty much spot on so I thought it was just that the mechanic filled it up too much and it was releasing some and it didn't leak again till couple days ago it did it again. Now it has stopped leaking again. Where could it be coming from and what could cause this. Does the plastic water tank have some sort of pressure release valve or something? seems to be leaking from under the tank you top up with coolant. Sent from my GT-I9300T using Tapatalk Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinr33 Donating Members 964 Member For: 13y 7m 28d Posted 20/11/13 09:38 AM Share Posted 20/11/13 09:38 AM Hi mate,What you may find and I've had on afew cars , different makes and models what happens is things have hairline cracks in the overflow or radiator.What happens is when the car heats up and under pressure the cracks open up and you get small leaks from the cracks when it cools down the cracks close up and will pressure test fine.So if you see a small coolant leak somewhere just after you have driven it and it still hot it's probably needs replacing where you see the leak.Sometimes these cracks are hard to find.Good luck My 2 cents Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrydeath911 Member 15 Member For: 11y 5m 14d Gender: Male Location: perth Posted 20/11/13 10:21 AM Share Posted 20/11/13 10:21 AM It sounds like it was over filled. On falcons the over flow goes through the middle of the tank Sent from my GT-N8010 using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 20/11/13 10:27 AM Share Posted 20/11/13 10:27 AM When I picked my fg up off a dealer it had a faulty overflow cap, I could blow through it. It's supposed to release pressure at around 100kpa it should be written on the yellow cap. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 20/11/13 10:30 AM Share Posted 20/11/13 10:30 AM Seemed fine while driving, once hot turn the engine off and sit there and watch it pressurize and drip from the overflow. Well that's what mine did Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrydeath911 Member 15 Member For: 11y 5m 14d Gender: Male Location: perth Posted 20/11/13 11:01 AM Share Posted 20/11/13 11:01 AM 120 kpa Sent from my GT-N8010 using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranuip Member 25 Member For: 11y 8m 8d Posted 21/11/13 07:04 AM Share Posted 21/11/13 07:04 AM My FG XR6 just did this. Not driving it hard at all, parked and turned the engine off and it started spewing coolant....... Looks like it came the ought the top cap!? What's up with that!!!??? Just when u get on top of things something else always comes up!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 21/11/13 10:09 AM Share Posted 21/11/13 10:09 AM Read what I said above, can you blow through the cap? If so it's faaaaarked. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranuip Member 25 Member For: 11y 8m 8d Posted 21/11/13 10:11 PM Share Posted 21/11/13 10:11 PM So the caps farkd....? Or the engine?? Getting a replacement tank and cap on the weekend. Hopefully that's all it is and not something worse Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfgxr6t Member 30 Member For: 11y 7m 13d Posted 21/11/13 10:59 PM Author Share Posted 21/11/13 10:59 PM so looks like my caps farked. where is a good place to buy a new one. what they worth? cars only couple years old will ford give me one under warranty Sent from my GT-I9300T using Tapatalk Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/86834-leaking-coolant/#findComment-1441725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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