Water leak

[Phil the Brit]

Hi guys, bit of help needed. Walked into garage today to find a pool of water under the o/s/f of car (4200).
The pool seemed to start from above the front spoiler area, there was a drip still hanging from the spoiler. It was last driven a few days earlier. The water header tank was missing about a pint of water. Any ideas before I delve further?

 

[2b1ask1]

Hi Phil, keek an eye on it, mine only lost water when cold! So as you describe I would find a puddle. NSF but no loss of water on a run... It was a split radiator that closed as it got hot! There was half a bucket load of Thetford forest between the air con rad and the main rad because the cowling doesn't let it escape! Falls between and builds up, being mostly pine needles it is highly corrosive hence the rotted rad...

Check out the 'Oh Newton what have you done' thread in this section for more details.

I'd be sadly confident this is likely to be the cause.

 

[2b1ask1]

I'd add to that, if you want to look at re-coring I'd donate my old one to the forum to start the ball rolling.