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Water sloshing sound, 06 Fiesta

  • 26-12-2019 3:17pm
    #1
    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    I hear sloshing of water in an 06 fiesta when driving and especially when accelerate. I think the coolant is down but i am not sure how far up it was when it was replaced. The idiots that did it you wouldn't know with them


    How can i find if it is the water pump leaking?


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  • #2
    _Brian
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    Probably petrol.

    Fill the tank right to the neck and see if it’s doing the same.


  • #3
    peasant
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    If you can actually hear it sloshing, it's prob. nothing to do with coolant.

    Blocked door drains would be my first guess.


  • #4
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Had something similar before after changing the coolant, cause was air in the system, cleared the air, was fine after.


  • #5
    Oops!
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    It's an air lock in the heater rad your hearing.


  • #6
    Toyotafanboi
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    Yeah, if the coolant level is dropping and you are hearing water sloshing or gurgling it's air in the system, you'd hear it going through the heater matrix.


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  • #7
    fineso.mom
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    peasant wrote: »
    If you can actually hear it sloshing, it's prob. nothing to do with coolant.

    Blocked door drains would be my first guess.

    I had this before.. Couldnt believe it was just a matter of taking out a litttle plug, letting the water drain and plug back in. Took about 40 seconds.


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    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Had something similar before after changing the coolant, cause was air in the system, cleared the air, was fine after.
    I topped up the coolant and it stopped. Could i have removed air by topping up. Or how do i clear the air?


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    g6fdyotp5nj2l7
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    Zariah Ancient Dipstick wrote: »
    I topped up the coolant and it stopped. Could i have removed air by topping up. Or how do i clear the air?

    If you're topping up coolant your losing it somewhere. Obviously can't tell from here but thermostat housing was a common place on fiestas of that vintage.
    Others would be the pressurised cap on the coolant bottle or a pin hole in the bottle itself.


  • #10
    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    Ryder Calm Griddlecake wrote: »
    If you're topping up coolant your losing it somewhere. Obviously can't tell from here but thermostat housing was a common place on fiestas of that vintage.
    Others would be the pressurised cap on the coolant bottle or a pin hole in the bottle itself.
    i only topped it up once, and i do not know how high it originally was. it could have been air that had it down


  • #11
    Oops!
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    There will be a stain down the front of the block underneath the alternator as you look in if it's the thermostat housing leaking, that is the first and easiest thing to check first. Just fill the coolant to the proper level and keep an eye on it. That ztec engine can be a bit tricky to bleed alright, you think you have it well bled and theres a pocket of air left and takes a while to bleed its self... Then the coolant level will drop slightly...


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