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Posted by Uncle Pete (89 SE) on August 14, 2002 at 13:21:56:
In Reply to: hose sprung a leak? replace the engine just to be safe. ;-) nm posted by Matt on August 14, 2002 at 13:20:35:
: : Pulled up outside the Chemists before to bung in a prescription. Went off to buy a paper whilst waiting for it to be filled, and walking past my car again I noticed a nicely spreading pool of fluid under the car in front of the drivers side wheel (remember that's the right in the UK). It looked like water, so I was hoping (naively) that the washer bottle had sprung a leak. Started it up, temperature was OK but the washers were still spraying. Got it home without overtly dropping fluid and pulled the bonnet open. I was saddened to see water all around the side of the engine bay, abs actuator, etc. Convinced that the water pump was shafted, I started it up to find the fault was nothing more than a pinhole in the top hose that was gushing nicely when the system pressurised. Phew. :-)