I was driving home from work today, when all of a sudden the engine started to make a rattling sound, the sound gradualy got worse until i decided to pull up and investigate what noise was.

when i opened the bonnet smoke poured out, i looked underneath the car and there seems to be what looks like water dripping from behind the plastic floor pan that covers the underneath of the engine.

i tried to re-start the car to get me home and it started for a few seconds then just died out.

ive noticed the temp guage is showing normal temp.

can anyone help?

by the way its a series 2 twin turbo.

cheers

si

possible head gasket failure, did it sound like a kettle boiling its tits off or boiling near dry????

hmmm could have been i spose but i thought it was more of a loud rattle

please dont be head gasket:(

just had AA out to it before me and my mate towed it home, and he seems to think its the radiator, but its the rattling thats scared the sh@t out of me can anyone shed any light on the rattling noise, seemed to get worse as the car got hotter and it was whenever u put the revs on.

the AA toped the water up up and the car started ok but didnt risk driving it home.

could be anything, if it was the rad you would see sign's of a leakage around the rad

Does it still have the rattling noise now.

 

Paul

no rattling seems to have stopped but to be honest ive not run it for too long.

sounds like its boiling up, water running through the heater matrix rather than being full if ya know what i mean

Check the oil and water level, start the car check oil pressure is normal and let the car warm up to it's normal temp check for leaks, that's about all you can do at this point and make sure the heater is on hot so to vent any air in the system, good luck.

 

Paul

time for the sniff tester to be sure!

 

dan.:)

sounds like its boiling up, water running through the heater matrix rather than being full if ya know what i mean

 

that was my initial thought stella, but the temp guage never moved above halfway(i know there not reliable) and would the engine cut out and not start again until it cooled down. all the water seems to be at the front under and around the radiator and the belts, but it is hard to pin point where exactly it is until i can get all the effin plastic off from under the car, as its all just gatthered in there and is dripping through.

mine done this but i caught it in time, the top of the rad that connects to the top rubber hose had corroded and the water was squirting onto the belts, but if you have drove a long way and it was cutting out i would suspect overheating, either water pump packed up or head gasket, prob water pump hence why stat never moved above the middle as there was still water in there

well hopefully it will just be somethin like the w/pump then, thanks for the help stella:duffer::duffer:

heres to hoping you get it fixed and back on the road soon fella! :D