Technical Ok need Help with leak

[Taylor2710]

this is my first post so hi all, i want to ask and have viewed previous posts but i dont understand 99% of any of them . lol

i have a punto 60 team, and i found a leak its like a little trickle just under my radiator, i didnt worry much, but then a few days later my car wasnt blowing hot air from heaters inside. I took it to a garage and they fixed the water pump for me. i thought that would have fixed the problem but i found that the leak is still there as my water bottle/tank was practically empty 24 hours after my last use of car.

It doesnt just appear, i have to use the car till its warmed up and then it looks like it trickles along the inside of my bumper and down onto the floor on the drivers side until the car is cool.

does anyone have any ideas? is it just a pipe thats gone or do i need a new radiator?

 

[blu73]

couldn't say without seeing it, could be either or neither. Its common for leaks to only show when the car is upto running temperature as the system is then under pressure.

You need to trace the leak, touch all the connections with you finger when the car is dry, start from the higher connections and work your way down.

 

[fingers99]

Just as Blue says. Most ommon leaks at front of engine are the water pump rail -- see the other leak post -- or the O ring at the end of it.