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The stuff you put into cakes and icing to turn them an inedible red/yellow/orange/green/blue etc.

Ahhh right, will that do any harm to the system? and how much do you reckon I should put in?

That's a brilliant idea Pat. Just bosh a load in tweets lol. It won't do any harm.

tell ya what you could try as an alternative , drain tracing dye , that stuff is loooominus green and shows up all sorts of leaks and you'd only need a drop or two ....

Would it not do any harm to the coolant system? where would I get it from B&Q?

TWEETS said:

Would it not do any harm to the coolant system? where would I get it from B&Q?

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i would'nt have thought it would do any harm , and you can always flush it out . yes B+Q i would say ..... its good stuff and it travels well , if you got an external leak that will show it ..... worth a try i would say ...

this is the stuff tweets .... and you dont need a lot of it .... i used it in my house years ago to trace a leak in me celler ... worked a treat ...


Drain Tracing Dyes 8oz (227gm) Fluorescein - Monument available at Plumbworld

I would need a special light to see it though wouldn't I?

TWEETS said:

I would need a special light to see it though wouldn't I?

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no you would'nt tweets .. believe me you will see it if it finds a leak .... thats what its designed to do ....

man thats pants but kinda typical!!


tweets, one of the engines I run at work will dump its coolant after its been stopped. it takes maybe 20mins or so after its stopped and the coolant pressure very slowly comes up as the engine cools (doesnt go cold though as it has a jacket heater) untill the filler cap lifts and dumps the coolant into the expansion tank, fook knows what causes it as the engine block was repaced and it still happens!!! is yer expansion tank fillin up?

Nope, the water I'm losing is what is in the expansion tank, no more than that at the moment

I've just chucked in some Radweld kind of stuff (even though I hate such stuff) it will either cure it or take me back to square one......

TWEETS said:

Nope, the water I'm losing is what is in the expansion tank, no more than that at the moment

I've just chucked in some Radweld kind of stuff (even though I hate such stuff) it will either cure it or take me back to square one......

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a freind of me stuck some radweld in his radiator when he drove up to stay at mine for a couple of nights, he ended up staying over a week as his engine took a **** an died, when we took it to bits we found the radweld had gone solid in the engine block!! plus his rad still leaked!! he went home on the train and we took his car to the scrapper!!


maybe i should have said that earlier!!

This isn't actually Radweld, it's something much better (or so I'm told) and it cost £10 for a tiny bottle (same size as Radweld) it's called K something or other, I've left the bottle in the boot. The guy in the parts shop says it's the best stuff going and nearly all the staff in the shop have used it in their own motors and it's the first thing they recommend to people with coolant loss. They also have a workshop there and if people aint wanting to go to the expense of a new rad or whatever they put that in for them...

woz he trying to sell it to ya?

No I had already bought it, it was only afterwards he told me about it

If it goes hard in the Engine Block I will take it up with them and the manufacturers and get them to pay for a new engine

However I am a bit concerned as the cooling system is connected to the LPG condenser so I have no idea how the two are going to get on