Losing water

[Kyah mckenzie]

Hi everyone I have a 2003 2litre tdi140. I had a suspected head gasket failure. I used steel seal and it stopped the smoke but its still losing water/coolant. I replaced the cap and it retained the water for longer but its still losing it. Its not coming out of the car onto the floor. It's disappearing into the engine. Please help

 

Edited October 29, 2021 by Kyah mckenzie

[cliffcoggin]

Why the duplicate topic Kyah?

[Stevey Y]

Hi thats one of the weirdest convertibles I have ever seen, the only way to confirm if its the head gasket is to take it to a garage that has a sniffer test kit, they remove the water bottle cap and instal the device with a special liquid in it and leave the car running if the device detects any exhaust gas in the water system it changes colour.

Steve.

[Kyah mckenzie]

On 10/30/2021 at 12:50 PM, cliffcoggin said:

Why the duplicate topic Kyah?

I don't understand what you mean by duplicate topic. I'm not really tech savvy and am new to this forum. My vehicle is a A4 convertible. I was enquiring about my mates A3 with the water leak

[Kyah mckenzie]

On 10/30/2021 at 7:00 PM, Stevey Y said:

Hi thats one of the weirdest convertibles I have ever seen, the only way to confirm if its the head gasket is to take it to a garage that has a sniffer test kit, they remove the water bottle cap and instal the device with a special liquid in it and leave the car running if the device detects any exhaust gas in the water system it changes colour.

Steve.

Thanks Steve. Yea my car is a A4. I was asking about my pals A3 with the water leak.

[Steve Q]

1 minute ago, Kyah mckenzie said:

Thanks Steve. Yea my car is a A4. I was asking about my pals A3 with the water leak.

Nice a3, rare in that Colour 👍

[Kyah mckenzie]

Just now, Kyah mckenzie said:

Thanks Steve. Yea my car is a A4. I was asking about my pals A3 with the water leak.

I put steel seal in the car and it cleared the smoke. It slowed the water loss for a while. Then it returned. I changed the expansion bottle lid as it was damaged. This also slowed it but it again returned. It doesn't smoke and runs and drives perfectly but is losing water.

[Kyah mckenzie]

1 minute ago, Steve Q said:

Nice a3, rare in that Colour 👍

Thanks. Apparently only 150 left in Britain. Don't know how anyone would know that. Lol

[Steve Q]

Just now, Kyah mckenzie said:

Thanks. Apparently only 150 left in Britain. Don't know how anyone would know that. Lol

Good question. Was rare to start with. 

[Stevey Y]

1 minute ago, Kyah mckenzie said:

Thanks Steve. Yea my car is a A4. I was asking about my pals A3 with the water leak.

Hi as I said if you get a sniffer test that will prove if its the head gasket, with regard to the other thing we are nearly all old on here and are sometimes easily confused, don't take it personally.

Steve.

[cliffcoggin]

19 minutes ago, Kyah mckenzie said:

I don't understand what you mean by duplicate topic. I'm not really tech savvy and am new to this forum. My vehicle is a A4 convertible. I was enquiring about my mates A3 with the water leak

Well you posted the same topic with the same title and the same description on two ocaissions. Once at 11.48 and again 13 minutes later at 12.01.

[Stevey Y]

1 minute ago, cliffcoggin said:

Well you posted the same topic with the same title and the same description on two ocaissions. Once at 11.48 and again 13 minutes later at 12.01.

Hi Clifford maybe the lass thought she may not have posted correctly the first time, we have all done similar things.

[Kyah mckenzie]

2 hours ago, cliffcoggin said:

Well you posted the same topic with the same title and the same description on two ocaissions. Once at 11.48 and again 13 minutes later at 12.01.

Hahaha sorry man. I don't know what I'm pressing half the time. You should see me buying parts on eBay. On two occasions last week I bought the same part twice so I had two of each! Then it turns out it weren't even the right part anyway. I am useless on a computer