Water disappearing

[Buddahwolfie 0]

Running a 96 VR6, engine code AAA. For the past few years never had to check water levels as they never dropped all of a sudden am having to check the water level every month and its going down, now its got to the stage where i top the water level up and within 4 days i have the light blinking at me in the car, check the water level and its all gone.

Cant seem to suss where the waters going, i have samco pipes all round and they all seem fine with no leaks, the radiator seems fine and cant see any leaks, i did change the thermo housing a few months ago.

One thing i have noticed is that i have a custom made aluminium water header tank and water does come out from the top when the pressure builds up to much but not enough to drain the tank with 4 days, any ideas?

[Buddahwolfie 0]

Resolved, did a pressure did and theres a small hole in the radiator, nice

[Donkey_Punch 0]

yeah i would have said radiator. mine did exactly the same, i replaced my radiator with a brand new one cost me £62.37 Inc VAT. Did the Samcos at the same time and i get them at trade through my work lol!!

[Buddahwolfie 0]

Already had full samco kit on, had the rad on now for a few days and seems fine, need to replace the seal on the water bottle which sits beneath the water level sensor though

[Wayne 0]

Hey, i've got exactly the same problem, a tiny leak out my radiator, replaced my Thermo housing a few months ago as well.

Only thing is, the radiators here by us costs quite a penny, 115.36 pounds.

Phew... Its hard finding a genuine currency converter!

[Buddahwolfie 0]

Yep i did the same replaced the housing a few months ago, just trying to get the car ready so i can do the big mods over the next few months.