water loss

[danb 0]

im losing water from my header tank , ive only had the car a week and its used a litre of water but ive had a good look round the engine while it was running and couldnt see water coming from anywere ! just wondered if any of you guys might know what it could be ?

[purple highline monster 0]

firstly check all the hoses are sound, your rad may have a small leak? or it could be a faulty header bottle cap valve, which is common a new cap is a few quid and is the place i would start other than check the hoses, other thing to consider if its not any of that is any oily residue in the header bottle? if there is this can sometimes indicate a head gasket problem, even if theres no oil in the water sometimes a head can go pourous, dont panic just check the simple things first, i had a minor leak on the hose that goes in the heater on the bulk head, sometime the jubilee clips need undoing pipe adjust and then reseal, due to the presurised system any leak can cause the header to spit out water from the overflow on the header bottle, make sure you use pink vw coolant when its topped up

[danb 0]

cheers, will go for the cheapest things 1st . we use pink coolant at work in the jags , wonder if its the same stuff ?

[purple highline monster 0]

its g12 the vw stuff, probably the same as its better for alloy than the blue gear