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Excessive water usage

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My working van has started drinking water 1ltr used over 100/150 miles.Checked for signs of water in oil nothing on the oil filler cap can't see any visible leaks holds water when parked up overnight loss when driven.
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Possible EGR cooler leaking.
At your mileage its something you should be thinking of getting ripped out.
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I'll see if they can book it in asap
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Replaced the whole thing on mine because of a gas leak and a year later mine did tjat too...vw had to fit another as it was deemed a faulty part....not cheap, glad I wasn't paying again!
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Do you have lots of pressure in expansion tank ?
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Havent noticed much
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mkvanman wrote:Havent noticed much
ah ok only I have issue with water loss but have lots of pressure so think it's head gasket
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Well since the usage started i've clocked up 1000 miles starting to use more water but today started to notice dripping water on the offside gonna get it pressure tested Saturday.Hopefully its a cracked header tank or pinhole in a hose thats being made bigger by the escaping water fingers crossed.
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Fingers crossed mate keep us posted
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Turned out to be water pump so had that & cam belt done at the same time :roll:
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That's a result mate, I can't find where my water is going
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I couldn't see either it took a week & a 1000 miles before it started to dribble & show a puddle.The mechanic wanted to do tests for a bad head gasket but I said it had no signs of head gasket going.
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Yeah that's fair enough where as mine has excessive pressure show is showing signs of head gasket
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