Diagnostic Please!!!

[BertieWells]

ok so i got the bugger off

Now i just noticed that even though the filler tank is empty the expansion tank is almost full ... strange??

Other than that weird thing can i go ahead and take this pipe off now?

[BertieWells]

The pump itself can seep water as it runs past pensionable age. Can you feel any play in waterpump pulley? Had the odd screeching noise when first starting up? If no to both, probably o-ring seal where pipe goes into pump. Keep at it - you'll find it.

No to the play in the pully. No to squeeling

[BertieWells]

Well i took the pipe off as i assumed its going to have to come of one way or another and eurika i have found the hole.

The good news is that the part is on sale at vdub heratige ... the bad news is that it 45 quid so im just going to get it welded up for now.

Thanks for all your help guys

Will post back when its all back together and working. Still have to refill the radiator system ... that will be fun

[kevtherev]

http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php/t ... ulley.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
for a few quid more go stainless.

[BertieWells]

Cheers Kev, is brickwerks a preferable company?

[kevtherev]

Cheers Kev, is brickwerks a preferable company?

It is a company that does not sell crap.
Simon Baxter is a T25 enthusiast he was sick and tired of the rubbish we get hoodwinked into buying, so he built up Brickwerks on the back of QUALITY.

To me Brickwerks is a preferred company. I go there first, then VW emporium then heritage

[BertieWells]

Is this the gasket i need for the pipe that attaches to the pump?

http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php/t ... lange.html

[BertieWells]

Well Kev you wont believe this ... Coolant leak again, this time its in the shorter section of the same bit of pipe ... FUMIN!!

haha back to the grindstone xD

[Smosh]

Is there a lesson about do it once, do it right? haha!

[BertieWells]

Ha im sure there is but im a student so its a case of do it once and then fingers crossed.

I did have a good inspection of the pipe before putting it back on the engine and couldnt see anything obvious. Obviously rusting from the inside out.

I will get it welded one more time then if it goes again it will be a replacement of the two pipes Shineeyyy

But yes ... definitly a lesson here

[Smosh]

I will get it welded one more time

Well if that fails...

[BertieWells]

Ha iv just been looking at that

Thanks!

[ghost123uk]

Don't bodge it, replace it, you know it makes sense

[BertieWells]

Im getting it welded up as I type as I need to do a hundred miles or so this weekend. Ordering the new pipes tonight. They are crazy expencive though

[kevtherev]

. Ordering the new pipes tonight. They are crazy expencive though

Welcome to the enthusiasts world of obsoletion.
I would get used to it, rather than complain.. we are all in the same boat.

Don't be seduced by e-bay or cheap parts..it'll end in tears
Fit OE or fit the best