Thirsty car.

Post by **pete** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:29 pm

Suddenly after a bliss filled, incident free, couple of months of Elise driving it got all thirsty. A litre of water it took. And then a short trip to Glasgow and it seemed to need more.

Sure it's fine. Nothing to worry about. It's just thirsty. I get that way sometimes too.

(please please please not again.)

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:38 pm

Mine too pete... I was loosing coolant, strange temp fluctuations, tank nearly overflowing with water when hot, looking empty when cold... All about 6 weeks after my rebuild.

Turned out it was a faulty tank cap

Yours could be too

Post by **pete** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:04 pm

New cap 3 months ago...

roadboy · Post by **roadboy** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:30 pm

Dan

Post by **pete** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:39 pm

roadboy wrote:

Dan

Shut up! It's not that.

It's just been tired and errm water has you know moved around a bit. Maybe evaporated. It'll fix itself. It's just paranoia.

Pete

(Can you PM me your address - you got the new premises yet? If a big yellow truck turns up you'll know why

)

roadboy · Post by **roadboy** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:46 pm

Everything is on the website now Pete. New workshop is up and running and full.

YHPM

Dan

p.s. I'm sure its fine!

Post by **Shug** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:44 am

Yeah, change the cap again before getting twitchy - I had one that went duff in weeks once.

whaleys · Post by **whaleys** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:15 am

I had that, mine was because my rad had burst and was leaking under pressure.

With the other possibles, if no one says it, it can't be true...

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:46 am

Had a look at pete's oil and water tonight and everything seems fine there, took the plugs out and they looked normal no steam cleaning.

My money is on a leak, one that only apears at high revs.

at this point I would like to mention that I program CNC machines /work out how things are made for a living and I am not infact a mechanic.

Post by **pete** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:50 am

BiggestNizzy wrote:Had a look at pete's oil and water tonight and everything seems fine there, took the plugs out and they looked normal no steam cleaning.

My money is on a leak, one that only apears at high revs.

at this point I would like to mention that I program CNC machines /work out how things are made for a living and I am not infact a mechanic.

And you left your fairy ights behind

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:06 am

pete wrote:And you left your fairy lights behind

My memory is utter dross.

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:10 am

You might get such a leak when warm, but more likely it's when under pressure. It should show up if you pressurize the expansion tank, e.g. using an easybleed type of thing - be careful not to over do it though - the system is good for a few PSI over atmospheric pressure only.

Cheers,
Robin

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:26 am

Speaking with pete last night the car sat in his garage for 30 mins idleing away with no change in water level. When Mrs pete took it to Glasgow the level dropped.

pete I have an easybleed somewhere, if you pop the undertray off we can then check for leaks.

Scottish Elises

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