Drinking coolant

[theduck]

Does anyone elses clio drink coolant? Mine seems to get through a filled up bottle in a month or 2!

 

[paul_h172]

checked for leaks?? split hose??

 

[theduck]

havent as yet, but i havent had any puddles or anything under the car.

 

[Mark J]

when i saw the title of this thread, i wondered if you were asking people if they personally drink coolant?

 

[Fred@BTM]

water pump will probably be leaking

 

[theduck]

Fred does that mean new water pump??

 

[Fred@BTM]

yup and cambelt too

 

[theduck]

and cambelt??? fuckety f**k f**k! I definately have a leak coz i've just been out and its now dropped down really qucikly Just hope its a split pipe not the pump, no way i can afford to cambelt change

 

[theduck]

right just been and had a look and it appears to be leaking by the manifold. The pipe from the bottle comrs down out the bottle and splits into 2 pipes by the rad, one goes right and to the rad, the other goes left towards the manifold, and its the one that goes left thats leaking. Does that sound like tis just the pipe need replacing? How much would a replacement one be? Normal or a nice silicone one