hi my seicento 1.1 abarth has been loosing alot of coolant.

i dont know where its going tho i have no leaks or anything.

i have no problems with overheating as the cars fan kicks in all the time when it should. i just dont know whats up with her

what does it sound like?

Thanks

Claire x

Either you have an airlock that is working its way around to the radiator, you have a leak and it is so small so you arent seeing it, you have a leak and the coolant is vaporising off the engine or it is going out of the exhaust (possible head gasket failure), does the car exhaust seem to steam excessively?

no coolant in the oil then?

FIREsporting said:

no coolant in the oil then?

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forgot about that option always (at least) one you miss!

my one was a bad thermostat hot water was staying in the engine never being allowed to get to the radiator for cooling. so the fan kicks in all the time when it should so ok there.

Check the water pump for leaks -- crawl under the car -- with the motor running and fully up to temperature (and with the water topped up and bled).

I had a major leak, I could not spot it with the engine running, and TBH i didn't fancy sticking my head around the engine bay with it running, so I used a water pressure test kit. Proper SP one is great, but if you get an old water bottle cap, drill hole in top, glue a car tyre valve in it with sealer, then fit it and pump up the water system, not much, only about 15psi from memory. The you can look all around at leasure with no scalding hot jets.

I did this and found a massive hole in my rad, yet I couldn't see it when just the engine was running.

ive had a bit of a look today no leaks... whats the worst possible outcome

angeldelite said:

ive had a bit of a look today no leaks... whats the worst possible outcome

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Head gasket. But eminently fixeable. A compression test or, better, a coolant pressurisation test (just as baldiley describes) should reveal what's up.

well i allways get some white smoke out the back of the exhaust... and well she lost 2 and a bit litres of coolant in 2 days.. i have no power loss and the heaters work amazing untill the waters gone thats when i know it needs topping up as they go cold..

hellppppp

Get it tested. Does sound like HG, though.

Mine was loosing a bit, I suspected HG, but when I was suddenly loosing the same amount as you I then thought a leak. Car was running fine too. But as i said before, leaks are not easy to spot with the engine running at idle, you really need to pressure test it. If you can't get one, make one.

I had similar symptoms to this with my old Sei' except I got massive power loss much above 4000rpm. Get the head & cooling circit pressure tested.