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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 06:12 AM
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c32 coolent loss

Well after nearly 18months of coolent loss even after the heads had been done i finally took it to a merc engine specialist that i found who have diagnosed after noticing that piston 5 6 are shiny on top and not souty that coolent must be passing over... there for the gasket job wasnt done right .....phew now ive took the car back to the garage who did it( but not the actuall skim test etc)for them to strip the car and then the head can be sent to the merc specialist for them to do....god i must love this car to have stuck this out for so long...at least the car should be more powerfull when done.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 04:57 PM
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Hey buddy

Have you checked that its not the supercharger intercooler?

Quite common they leak. Also the radiators are prone to broke if an old valeo. New Valeos dont leak.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 08:42 AM
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+1 i had to replace my intercooler after coolant loss. I found one at mbonline for 900.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 09:23 AM
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Sometimes my car smells like coolant but I never lose any and I don't have the radiator/tranny symptoms even though I have the valeo
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dingleberry
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We all knew what he meant when he said coolent, this is not a spelling classe!!!! (sic)

To the OP, sounds like the IC to me? See if you can find a used one OR a NEW Code 3 (that may be floating around somewhere). Code 3 is no longer in biz BUT up until two years ago, they made a suitable IC replacement...........

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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 05:09 PM
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Well after nearly 18months of coolent loss even after the heads had been done i finally took it to a merc engine specialist that i found who have diagnosed after noticing that piston 5 6 are shiny on top and not souty that coolent must be passing over... there for the gasket job wasnt done right .....phew now ive took the car back to the garage who did it( but not the actuall skim test etc)for them to strip the car and then the head can be sent to the merc specialist for them to do....god i must love this car to have stuck this out for so long...at least the car should be more powerfull when done.
Well ive had the headgaskets done again but there was no sighn of coolant loss from there so i had the block removed and crack tested and that was ok, i have had the ic pressure checked and that came back ok so back to square one ANY IDEAS
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by marw
Hey buddy

Have you checked that its not the supercharger intercooler?

Quite common they leak. Also the radiators are prone to broke if an old valeo. New Valeos dont leak.
yea ive checked the inlet manifolds for sighns and also checked the ic but they seem ok
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+10000 the radiator is a MUST if you have the old version...
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+10000 the radiator is a MUST if you have the old version...
there are no sighns of leaks any where so i havnt a clue
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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