Fabia VRS (1.9TDi 130) Coolant Leak

[tjdixon911]

Having a little trouble with my Fabia VRS at the moment, @ 62k I had the cambelt done and at the same time the water pump was replaced. Since then I have been suffering with a water leak from the cooling system, generally it will last 4 days before needing a top up. The car has now just passed 68k and the problem is still on going.

The cooling system has been pressure tested at 2 garages and nothing has been found to be wrong. Just need some advice on what it might be?

Can it be the Pump?

There appears to be residue from a leak water below the Reservoir Bottle / pump area, could it be leaking through the Overflow of the Res Bottle? (there looks to be water on a pipe directly below which wouldn't be affected by the pump)

Someone mentioned the Head gasket but I would have thought the symptoms would be a lot worse than a slight leak....

I am driving the car to Italy on Saturday so I'm running out of time to get it sorted!!!

Any help would be much appreciated.

[tjdixon911]

Someone please help!!!

I had the problem happen to me again yesterday, but noticed something new!

When I removed the cap from the resivoir bottle (when cold) there was still a build up of air pressure causing the water to overflow as if it was hot!! - Just spoken to the Garage and it seems this could point to the Head Gasket! Anyone else suffered from this? Could it be something else??

Thanks

Tom

[Farky]

Had the same problem on my vRS mate. Garage found it was a small leak on the bottom of the radiator. The car was JUST out of Warranty but they replaced it anyway.

[Welshbeef]

The old fashioned way of fixing a hole in the coolant system was to put a raw egg into the top of the radiator. When the engine was cold, then start her up and drive her - the yoke will find its way to the hole and as its hot it cooks the yoke so should block it.

However a new rad if thats the problem is the way to go

[phumy]

Welshbeef said:

The old fashioned way of fixing a hole in the coolant system was to put a raw egg into the top of the radiator. When the engine was cold, then start her up and drive her - the yoke will find its way to the hole and as its hot it cooks the yoke so should block it.

However a new rad if thats the problem is the way to go

It will also block around 10% of the cooling potential too, its ok as an emergency to get you home, but thats about it.