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And that's your contribution?
Thanks
I came on to ask for help. I openly admitted that know very little about cars.
I asked what the issue might be and some posters kindly offered their advice and diagnosis.
Your contribution had pretty much been take it to a garage and read the manual.
You might think that makes you look clever, or witty.
I think it makes you look like a bit of a sad case.
I've built up a mental picture of you, sat in your mum and uncle Keith's spare room, tapping away on uncle Keith's desktop wearing a black t-shirt with a printed wolf on the front and baggy grey joggers with a nice pair of brown suede slippers.
When not being an arse online you spend hours looking at photos in cars and car conversions magazines ruefully shaking your piggy bank and wondering how long it will take you to save up for that Pug.
Cheer up, your universal credit comes in four days and youbcan buy some more fat pants and magazines.
Thanks
I came on to ask for help. I openly admitted that know very little about cars.
I asked what the issue might be and some posters kindly offered their advice and diagnosis.
Your contribution had pretty much been take it to a garage and read the manual.
You might think that makes you look clever, or witty.
I think it makes you look like a bit of a sad case.
I've built up a mental picture of you, sat in your mum and uncle Keith's spare room, tapping away on uncle Keith's desktop wearing a black t-shirt with a printed wolf on the front and baggy grey joggers with a nice pair of brown suede slippers.
When not being an arse online you spend hours looking at photos in cars and car conversions magazines ruefully shaking your piggy bank and wondering how long it will take you to save up for that Pug.
Cheer up, your universal credit comes in four days and youbcan buy some more fat pants and magazines.
Dont like rolls said:
Yes it is.......... I think taking it to a garage ASAP is best for your car....let be fair here, if someone cannot even find a radiator on a car or the coolants filler cap a garage is the place to go to before it goes bang/fiz/pop.
If you'd actually read the posts you would see that the radiator A) wasn't where you said it was
B) Doesnr have a separate filler cap
You'd also see the helpful advice within the thread.
Run along now, your Digimon cartoon is on in 5 mins.
Useless Mark said:
Dont like rolls said:
Yes it is.......... I think taking it to a garage ASAP is best for your car....let be fair here, if someone cannot even find a radiator on a car or the coolants filler cap a garage is the place to go to before it goes bang/fiz/pop.
If you'd actually read the posts you would see that the radiator A) wasn't where you said it was
B) Doesnr have a separate filler cap
You'd also see the helpful advice within the thread.
Run along now, your Digimon cartoon is on in 5 mins.
Righteooo chap......you carry on filling it up with that coolant/magic disappearing water
But for the record
But for the record
Dont like rolls said:
Useless Mark said:
Where is the radiator?
At the front of the car.Useless Mark said:
The only things I can see are the coolant reservoir
Have a guess what goes in a reservoirEdited by Dont like rolls on Monday 6th July 08:09
You need to read all the other posts, rather than wasting time copying and pasting.
The full facts are available. It seems like the lack of a separate rad cap confused a few.
But once again, thanks for your valuable input.
You're a star. No doubt a successful go getting dynamo of a man. Well done on knowing so much more than me. I'm totally in awe if you and wish I was you..
The full facts are available. It seems like the lack of a separate rad cap confused a few.
But once again, thanks for your valuable input.
You're a star. No doubt a successful go getting dynamo of a man. Well done on knowing so much more than me. I'm totally in awe if you and wish I was you..
RSTurboPaul said:
If you undo the screws and remove that plastic cover at the front of the engine bay, the radiator filler cap might be under there?
It might, of course, also not have a radiator filler cap, but I don't think I've ever heard of that before. (I am not an expert or an experienced mechanic, of course.)
Never heard of it?It might, of course, also not have a radiator filler cap, but I don't think I've ever heard of that before. (I am not an expert or an experienced mechanic, of course.)
Not many cars these days have a radiator cap just the expansion tank to fill from
Chris32345 said:
RSTurboPaul said:
If you undo the screws and remove that plastic cover at the front of the engine bay, the radiator filler cap might be under there?
It might, of course, also not have a radiator filler cap, but I don't think I've ever heard of that before. (I am not an expert or an experienced mechanic, of course.)
Never heard of it?It might, of course, also not have a radiator filler cap, but I don't think I've ever heard of that before. (I am not an expert or an experienced mechanic, of course.)
Not many cars these days have a radiator cap just the expansion tank to fill from
so I have not been absorbing much information about them! 
I am aware that some cars nowadays don't have a dipstick and rely on a digital display on the dash, though - seems bizarre to remove a direct way for the owner to check on their own, but there seem to be increasingly common incidences of the 'mother knows best' approach removing our ability to do things ourselves!
If anyone is interested it was a hole in the radiator.
There is no separate radiator filling cap, it's all done via the coolant reservoir.
The radiator can only be accessed from underneath and by removing the front bumper.
It's going to cost 250, which sounds about right from the prices I've seen online and how long it'll take to do it.
Thanks to everyone that helped out.
Regards
There is no separate radiator filling cap, it's all done via the coolant reservoir.
The radiator can only be accessed from underneath and by removing the front bumper.
It's going to cost 250, which sounds about right from the prices I've seen online and how long it'll take to do it.
Thanks to everyone that helped out.
Regards
Useless Mark said:
If anyone is interested it was a hole in the radiator.
There is no separate radiator filling cap, it's all done via the coolant reservoir.
The radiator can only be accessed from underneath and by removing the front bumper.
It's going to cost 250, which sounds about right from the prices I've seen online and how long it'll take to do it.
Thanks to everyone that helped out.
Regards
not so bad, mr useless. There is no separate radiator filling cap, it's all done via the coolant reservoir.
The radiator can only be accessed from underneath and by removing the front bumper.
It's going to cost 250, which sounds about right from the prices I've seen online and how long it'll take to do it.
Thanks to everyone that helped out.
Regards
There's been no water on the drive, so it looks as though the pressure build up when the engine is running is doing the business.
The main radiator has a little filter type thing in front of it with a tiny shelf, or lip type thing and when the engine was running you could see the water dripping onto this little shelf.
I've parked it on a hill now and you can see evidence of the leak when it's stationary and on an angle.
The main radiator has a little filter type thing in front of it with a tiny shelf, or lip type thing and when the engine was running you could see the water dripping onto this little shelf.
I've parked it on a hill now and you can see evidence of the leak when it's stationary and on an angle.
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