Coolant loss....

[mattie007]

Pulled in for some petrol and the fan kicked in, lifted the bonnet and no coolant. The only stuff on the shelves was the standard blue stuff, is that ok as a temp fix?

[peterzs]

Think I would just add water, sort out where its gone, then add OAT stuff.

[Alan.F]

only if you flush the system afterwards and replace with orange/pink stuff or you could just put water in as a temp fix to get you where your going

[peterzs]

Snap!!

[mattie007]

Cheers guys, got about 125 miles to go.

[Smokey]

Take a few litres of water on the road with you and watch that light like a hawk!

Hope you get to where you're going safely mate.

[mattie007]

Got back fine in the end thanks. Panic set in when I got stuck in rush hour traffic though! The fan seems to kick in only when the car has been sitting in traffic, yet there was coolant in there. I'll have to pop it to the garage and get it checked. I was actually sitting in a drive-through queue when it stated to go up, managed quickly to reverse out and park up before it went tits up!

[peterzs]

Have you changed the filler cap???

[mattie007]

Yes Pete. Fingers crossed its ok for now.

[James Raby]

Filler cap is something most owners don't think of, but you've done it
Just cjeck connection where the clips are for pipes/engine and thermostat is also

[mattie007]

Filled up the coolant last night to max and after 100 miles its back down to below minimum. However, its never totally empty. If you look in the coolant bottle to where the hole is on the right that the coolant comes out (no good on technical stuff!), the coolant fills about half that hole. Never seems to drop below that so not sure if thats enough to keep it going. If thats makes sense!
Just filled up again and you can see it leaking from somewhere so I have took some photos underneath.

http://i45.tinypic.com/20r8nrb.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/ams5d5.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/5wlf0o.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/vghs84.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/fcr7eq.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/69kq4n.jpg

[peterzs]

Is that a loose bolt in the second from last pic, one in the middle above the sump???

Hope its an easy fix.

[Captain Peanut]

Have you checked the IMG? Looks exactly like mine did when it started leaking, if so should be a quick and easy fix.


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[mattie007]

Could be the IMG, but I don't know where to look to see if it is that? http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GRID003292
Pete -bolt is fine, I know what you mean though, does look loose!

[BUCKYDEVIL]

How to change inlet Manifold Gasket- http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=213626

[mattie007]

Cheers Marcus. So it does look like IMG issues then?

[peterzs]

Know its still a bummer, but not as costly as the other!!!!

Hope thats what it turns out to be!!!

[mattie007]

Hope so Pete, costing me a lot lately!