Looks like you found the leak, the coolant has most likely evaporated away.There is a little leak from a heater hose, carpet in passenger footwell doesn't seem wet enough for all that coolant.
Looks like you found the leak, the coolant has most likely evaporated away.There is a little leak from a heater hose, carpet in passenger footwell doesn't seem wet enough for all that coolant.
Hope so! Didn't really want to take the head off. Would have been a great excuse to send the headers off for ceramic coating. Maybe I can ask Santa for that!Looks like you found the leak, the coolant has most likely evaporated away.
I would replace that fitting, top up and bleed the heater circuit and just keep an eye on the coolant level before you doing anything else.Bought at Repco, so will check, although think I'll buy the next one somewhere else. Carpet isn't wet enough for that amount of coolant. It all disappears as the engine cools, pointing to Matthew's point above.
And done. I've gone heavy on the thread locker, and light on the torque.I would replace that fitting, top up and bleed the heater circuit and just keep an eye on the coolant level before you doing anything else.
Give the car a few drives after you have bled the cooling system to make sure all the air is out and just monitor the coolant level, doesn't take much of a leak to consume a 100ml of fluid.
Mine's never been orange, ever. Eek. Have you checked your head gasket in super detail Mr Shoji?The orange colour looks normal as mine does the same. But a drop lower not so good. I had a small weep once from a heater pipe but it all dried by heat off the engine before dropping to the ground. Hope you find the source to the problem Tim
Fingers crossed eh.....And done. I've gone heavy on the thread locker, and light on the torque.
Sorry JohnW. My old engine did this.Mine's never been orange, ever. Eek. Have you checked your head gasket in super detail Mr Shoji?
Live and learn eh? I wonder why. Coolant change interval?Sorry JohnW. My old engine did this.
Hope all is good Tim
Well in my case it hydro locked, thankfully with the foot off and on a downhill slope, So rebuild, higher comprression and ceramic coated, so go do it, better than the other alternative. You know you want to! Also apply thermal reflective material judiciously.Hope so! Didn't really want to take the head off. Would have been a great excuse to send the headers off for ceramic coating. Maybe I can ask Santa for that!
I've seen a couple of his videos, pretty good stuff.D-Jetronic Upgrades - Replacing the D-Jetronic trigger board
Some thing I just found Tim
Your ahead already Tim. So do tell, what's up with your system?I've seen a couple of his videos, pretty good stuff.
This has been a great source of information, Dr D -Jet
https://jetronic.org/en/
And Iain Tyrrell is a great watch too.
https://youtube.com/channel/UC2pQT90JBqbMHSVLtbJBvyw
The car was over fuelling badly. The problem pretty much started overnight. I switched to a spare computer which helped, but wasn't perfect. I've checked and switched the MAP sensor. It's holding pressure and reading within tolerance. I measured the 3 air temperature sensors I have across 10-40 degrees and fitted the most accurate according to the charts on the D-jetronic site. I've just fitted a new engine temperature sensor too. Fuel pressure is meant to be set at 2 Bar. It's actually happy at 1.4-1.5. Any more and I either get a low throttle surge, or hesitation until the revs build up, and then it's off! I've hooked up a wideband and it's not leaning out even at 1.4.Your ahead already Tim. So do tell, what's up with
Just on that I think 1 & 3 look about right with 2 & 4 looking like they are running rich. Are the injectors shutting off properly on 2 & 4 cylinders? Could be why its happy to run at a lower fuel pressure. My worth.Just looking at the photo you posted of your plugs.. Do 1 and 3 look leaner than 2 and 4? Is there something in that? Could point to an issue in the trigger points.
could swap 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 injectors and see if the other plugs fowl up, a quick easy way to find out if its injectorsI was going to suggest injectors as well. Can you test them, or just take in for a professional clean? Or do you know for sure they are good and working fine?
If injectors are in good order, I guess you need to hook up a scope to the injectors and see what the pulse is like.