My TII on it\'s way out?

[doddy]

Eddie Doyle quoted â,¬2,900 to rebuild. Car cost £300.

But it\'s not dead yet! Second bottle of K-Seal arrived today so since the first seems to have made an improvement (no more oil under the rad cap) it\'s worth another go.

Thing is when I got this car that coolant level buzzer used to go off all the time, but then it went away again, without any fix...

I know what you mean about price of a good FC - I\'m currently stuck with a 98 Honda Legend and a 94 Honda Accord Coupé. Both of those could pay for a good FC.

[doddy]

no dice. Coolant level buzzer is coming on after about 6 easy driving miles, every time.

I don\'t see oil in the coolant any more which is good, but water is going somewhere.

When the buzzer is on, a rev to the line in idle makes it go off temporarily but I don\'t think that\'s anything more than water sloshing around in the rad after a shove.

There doesn\'t seem to be loads of white smoke pouring out of it when driving, so it could be a hose. The last money I think I\'ll spend on this is some universal rad hoses. Cheaper then OEMs and possibly useful down the line.

[Brett]

Check for a split hose, chances are its p-ing out under pressure. (I had a similar problem on an EGI a few years back.)

 Get it refilled with water, then get someone to rev it while you stand watching. (Bonnet up, don\'t stand too close!)

 Out of interest, have you seen any sign of water marks in the engine bay?

[doddy]

Wouldn\'t it be nice if the problem was a piece of hose and not "the engine" :>

Haven\'t seen water marks no, although I haven\'t really looked. Next dry day I\'ll get some paper down underneath it.

Is it hard to replace both rad hoses?

dod

[Brett]

Not really, usualy rules apply! (Be prepared for skinned knuckles etc)

Can be a pain to get the air out of the system afterwards though, so be prepared to spend some time fiddling.

:wave

[Ricco_04]

Read about it before on here, you get a dye to put in the coolant which glows under UV so you can easially see where the water is coming from?  Not sure how much this would cost to have done or where would do it.  Just something to think about?

[Brett]

Wheres the fun in that? :p :Giggle

[Ricco_04]

Wheres the fun in that? :p :Giggle

Dam Brett, you enjoy these things! :spank :Giggle

[Brett]

I\'ve lost so much blood and important bits of skin to the FC\'s over the years that I\'m pretty certain I can find my away around one by feel now - merely being scalded by high pressure steam from a split hose doesnt register any more! :rollin

[Ricco_04]

You ard bar steward! :Laugh

[Brett]

LMAO - All Rx7\'s are vampires :yes