what have you done to your car today ?

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[Zardoz]

Has to be ROJO SOBERANO!

 

[mty12345]

I like the matt grey on the lexus myself.

 

[Leon20vt4]

Hoping to get a Seat Ibiza as a rental car for the weekend! That’d be cool

Using a Seat rental to go to my workshop to fix my Seat Cupra ... oh the irony

 

[Manic172]

Where are all of these cars and the spares

 

[lightup]

ruined, sold, demolished stored?

Where are all of these cars and the spares

https://www.ebay.nl/itm/Xsport-Racing-SEAT-Leon-Cupra-R-Race-Rally-Splitter-/132096118114

 

[Nathan penney]

ruined, sold, demolished stored?

https://www.ebay.nl/itm/Xsport-Racing-SEAT-Leon-Cupra-R-Race-Rally-Splitter-/132096118114

Not sure about the leons, imagine they’ve all been sold on years ago.
The Toledo touring car was for sale earlier this year, totally rebuilt and in its correct livery as in the photo above.
It was up for 65 grand which I didn’t think was too bad for a full on ex btcc car complete with spares.

 

[lightup]

sure. probably also loads of parts are just scattered all over the place. people paying no attention to it.
so what about this one "??

 

[Leon20vt4]

Here you go gents

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Search?searchText=Seat Leon Cupra Cup MK1


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[Zardoz]

Coolant light back on...

So that's new rad, new expansion tank ruled out.

Noticed the level drops after 'spirited' driving much quicker than pootling around. Does this sound like anything in particular?

Really p1551ng me off now...

 

[Gokiwi64]

I wonder if you have a small crack in something that when not under pressure/heat is sealing just enough but under stress it opens enough to allow a leak but is getting boiled away ?
Have you tried one of those testers that checks for combustion gases in the coolant ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272706523301

I know the plastic water neck/thermostat housing's are a weak spot as is the water feed to/from the turbo, maybe put some dye in the coolant ?

 

[Zardoz]

Yeah, thinking the same.

Cheers for the link, but mines a TDi mate.

I'll have a peak about this weekend... again.

 

[Zardoz]

Also read that the water pump is a fairly regular culprit. Would that loose more if the engine is hotter / under heavier load though?

 

[Bedlam]

Yeah, thinking the same.

Cheers for the link, but mines a TDi mate.

I'll have a peak about this weekend... again.

Try this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BT-1-DIE...188540&hash=item4207b3c34e:g:DPwAAOSwlPZdZxVQ

 

[Gokiwi64]

Also read that the water pump is a fairly regular culprit. Would that loose more if the engine is hotter / under heavier load though?

No idea if related in anyway ?
Not Seat but I had a mini that would lose coolant and would show hot but not over heating , turned out that it had a plastic impeller on a metal shaft and that high engine loads the impeller would just spin on the shaft coolant loss was evaporation due to high temps caused by lack of water circulation.

 

[g60stu]

Got my car MOTed. First MOT with the sports cat and downpipe fitted. It passed with no emissions issues.

 

[Leon20vt4]

Got my car MOTed. First MOT with the sports cat and downpipe fitted. It passed with no emissions issues.

Beautiful!


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[Zardoz]

Got to 590 miles this tank, not too shabby.

 

[Zardoz]

Had a look around for possible causes of coolant loss. Felt round all hoses, felt dry, no coolant crust visible. Temp sender was seated nicely, again bone dry. When I opened cap there was a whoosh and the level rose back a fair bit. Noticed a few black specks in the new bottle (bits of inner hose? Old radiator?)

Checked oil filler cap, all good, no signs of milkiness

Fans working ok, both kicked in when I switched on the AC.

Coolant constantly flowing back in from top of reservoir too, so I’m guessing no blockages either.

Is this all pointing at knackered water pump?

 

[lightup]

blew my tyre on the cupra with 100 mph on the highway next to a truck. fun times and no jack with me.