2001 BMW 316

Tiny
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2001 BMW 316

im constantly having to fill car with water and anti-freeze I dont no where its all going but each short journey I have to stop and top up with water that ive filled in my containers in the boot. Id visited a garage where they bled the water out and it was back to normal, a day later and I was back to filling up again, also the heater was blowing cold air and then it begain to overheat when stationary, went back to garage and they bled it again it was back to normal, heater was working and everything. Now im back to filling it with water, heaters gone again, overheating, fan not working, there are no visable leaks. Usually when u look in the water tank u can see it jetting water when the engines on but its not doing it now, it only does it when im at the garage, whats going on, please can someone help b4 I kick it 2 indentation!
Saturday, November 28th, 2009 AT 12:35 PM

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Tiny
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Hi there,

You will have either an external leak, that can be located with cooling system pressure test or an internal leak that can normally be detected with a Co test of the cooling system gasses, if Co is detected you will have a head gasket problem, have the pressure test done first do this warm and with the heaters on.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009 AT 5:59 PM

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