Can you offer any advice to Jim?
I'd be grateful for your advice. I've had the above car since 1989 but for the past 6 months or more there has been a loss of coolant. There is no obvious leak and if the car is left running at idle for say 30 minutes it does not appear to lose fluid. However if I travel perhaps 20-30 miles of mixed motoring it requires a litre of fluid. I thought the problem was the radiator cap which had virtually lost it's rubber seal. After replacing that it appeared cured but unfortunately the problem returned. I left the car with the local garage I use (not a Porsche specialist) and they said they ran it round, tighter up a number of hoses and that it seemed ok. However again after two days and about 25 miles the fluid had gone from the overflow container.
I have looked at the oil and the oil cap and it is clean, no cream to suggest a head gasket issue. That was replaced probably about 15-20,000 miles ago. The car runs fine with no apparent loss of power.
Are there causes which you can suggest and hopefully ways to resolve them without great expense. The car is generally very good condition apart from the usual dashboard cracks but is clearly not worth much. Perhaps it is time to give it up ?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Jim Armstrong
I'd be grateful for your advice. I've had the above car since 1989 but for the past 6 months or more there has been a loss of coolant. There is no obvious leak and if the car is left running at idle for say 30 minutes it does not appear to lose fluid. However if I travel perhaps 20-30 miles of mixed motoring it requires a litre of fluid. I thought the problem was the radiator cap which had virtually lost it's rubber seal. After replacing that it appeared cured but unfortunately the problem returned. I left the car with the local garage I use (not a Porsche specialist) and they said they ran it round, tighter up a number of hoses and that it seemed ok. However again after two days and about 25 miles the fluid had gone from the overflow container.
I have looked at the oil and the oil cap and it is clean, no cream to suggest a head gasket issue. That was replaced probably about 15-20,000 miles ago. The car runs fine with no apparent loss of power.
Are there causes which you can suggest and hopefully ways to resolve them without great expense. The car is generally very good condition apart from the usual dashboard cracks but is clearly not worth much. Perhaps it is time to give it up ?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Jim Armstrong
