Transit Connect 1.8tdci

[Nedges]

Hello can anyone help please,
my transit torneo has developed a water leak and is using radiator coolant,cant seem to find where its coming from,there is a bit of coolant on the floor after the car has been parked up for a couple of hours after use,but when I get underneath cant see a drop anywhere,also heater has been miss behaving recently,and not getting inside the cab warm until you are on the motorway,even though the temp gauge says its up to temp,the fan works on all speeds,when you turn the engine off you can hear the radiator fan running,not had any troubles until now car has 60.000 Klm on the clock and has just come out of warranty Typical!!Any help welcome.

[dickkark]

when you lose coolant the heater suffers first as the water is syphoned away from it,
you need to pressurise the cooling system really.
the easy way is with a pressure tester,
but you can run it up and let it get nice and hot,with the correct amount of water in it,
turn off the heater and get underneath and just keep looking.if its leaking externally you will see it.
once it`s upto temp,with the cooling fan on then turn the engine off and keep looking.
as an engine thats just been turned off gets hotter before it starts to cool you may find the leak then.found many leaks this way

[Nedges]

Thanks for the info will have another good look over the next couple of days.Trouble is my wife uses the car for work just hope it wont effect it till then,Big Thanks from Germany.

[Nedges]

Oxidation Catalyst is leaking ?? I think thats what its called,once you get the car upto 3000 rpm you can see coolant starting to drip out,never seen one of these before,could do with a little info and help.