Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Aero 8, 2012< Plus 8, SuperSports, Coupe & Aeromax coolant leak

Great.....just found a small puddle of coolant under the car

Hope its something trivial

Were you running the air-conditioning kin, as if you were it could be water from the evaporator.

No I have not use the air-con yet, the liquid is blue, the coolant tank is now below min., was at max yesterday.

sounds like youve got it figured out. its hard to see where it comes from as the engine bay is fairly crowded. your best bet is to try and follow all the coolant pipes to and from the radiator. chances are its something simple - loose hose or something rubbing.

p.s. top up the coolant before you drive her again(obvious i know)

Nothing really obvious, run my fingers thru various hoses and pipes to feel for the moisture, may need to warm the the engine up and get the cooling system under pressure, and somehow find myself a garage ramp to check from underneath....lets hope it could be one of the jubilee clips not tighten enough....

Kin, how far from your home is the dealer you bought the car from?

I had the same problem after it had been at the factory for a service last year. The water coolant sensor fixed on the hose was not properly sealed. We were loosing about 1/4 of a litre per trip after the car had cooled and therefore like you found a pool of liquid under the car the next day. It took 2 more trips back to the factory before it was finally fixed. This might be your problem.I would like to insert a photo but cannot see how to do this ?

If you'd like to e-mail it to me, as per last time, I'll post it for you!

Billy Bellonger told me that the sterring column can wear through the bottom hose.

Garage ramp will not get you anywhere as the radiator and about all of the engine components cannot be accessed from under the car. AND unless you've had the mod, the undertray does not come off.

What you probably need to do is take off the front centre cowel (where the faux grill is). It's only a couple of screws and allen keys. (although watch out the grill is seperate and comes loose in several parts - don't let it slide out and drop onto the splitter). You will need to loosten the windscreen end of the bonnet hinge (1 screw). place a small block about the size of a cigarette packet under the front of the bonnet hinge (at the front of the engine) and then remove the front screw. This allows the removal of the cowel without taking the bonnet assembley right off.

Once this is off you should have greater access to both the front and rear of the radiator. Without taking the wings off there is little else you can really do. (which is obviously a much bigger job).

Hope this helps find and sort the leaking.