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Offline my white golf

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Re: coolant sprayed all over airbox and alternator
« Reply #10 on: 28 November 2008, 20:36 »
i would proberly put my money on the expansion cap letting out some coolant cos the thermostat was stuck shut causin it to boil, i hope for you anyway because it is the cheapest thing to go wrong, let us know how you get on with it.
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Offline nealey

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Re: coolant sprayed all over airbox and alternator
« Reply #11 on: 30 November 2008, 13:05 »
Is the headgasket ok? My mate had this problem with his and turned out to be the headgasket overpressurising the cooling system and it was spraying coolant from quite a few places
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Offline Goops

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Re: coolant sprayed all over airbox and alternator
« Reply #12 on: 01 December 2008, 12:48 »
Turned out to  be the top rad pipe which was split!
8 quids from GSF, not bad at all  :rolleyes:



Aah the wonders of daylight  :smiley:
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