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21st December 2011, 20:52
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West Sussex
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Car(s): MK2 Posi Blue VTR
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Running water on start up
So the other day, i started my car, and i heard what i can only describe as someone turning a tap on and off, and the ater running down the plug hole!
Any ideas??
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21st December 2011, 20:53
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: England
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Fuel pump?
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21st December 2011, 20:57
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never known a fuel pump to make that noise? but i suppose its a valid idea?
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21st December 2011, 20:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by michaelgrimes
never known a fuel pump to make that noise? but i suppose its a valid idea?
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Mine has always done it, Don't stress its not a problem. Its just water moving around the cooling system.
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21st December 2011, 21:02
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ohok! cheers guys! (:
guna have to seel my car soon 
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21st December 2011, 21:04
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Location: Shropshire
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from behind the dash? what it will be is the heatermatrix getting water through, prob a really small amount of air in the system
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21st December 2011, 21:05
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will that have something to do with my heater taking FOREVER to warm up!?
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21st December 2011, 22:04
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ilkeston derbyshire
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Car(s): C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
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sure will, its also one of the first signs of head gasket failure. first thing i'd do though is bleed the cooling system
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22nd December 2011, 12:45
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Armadale, West Lothian
Posts: 1,230
Car(s): flatty 16v sleeper and a regular vts
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bleed the cooling system as said
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23rd December 2011, 19:45
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no point in doing any of this guys! shes very poorly! too much work and expense for me to take on! guna sell her on and get soemthing else!
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23rd December 2011, 22:28
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Cambridge(ish), UK.
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too much work to bleed the cooling system? Short of topping up the washer bottle or putting oil in it, possibly the easiest single job to do?
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