Water Sound ??

[Sharpie]

Hi My d2 is for some reason making this running water sound every time you take off it has water or something running from one end of the car to the other and the same as when stopping can anyone point me in the right direction as to what this might be and how to get rid of it ??

Cheers.

[fraser130]

I'm not familiar with Disco's specifically, but I remember a few of the cars I owned in the past (falcons, valliants etc) the drain holes on the inside underside of the doors could block up with general road grime/little leaves, and the doors would fill up with water after a heavy rain. There is probably 2 holes or slots there. I used to juggle a short bit of coat hanger wire in them till they unblocked. Water sounds was how I noticed it.
do it soon otherwise your doors will rust up very quickly.
Once they are empty, you could use compressed air to give them a good clean.

Let us know it this was the cause.

Cheers,
Fraser

[sclarke]

Drain holes in the doors have plugs and leave them out....
Rain gets past the window seal and fills the door up...

Get under the door and i think from memory the door had 3 or 4 plugs the size of 10c coins... pull them out... and leave them out..

Sill does not exist as such, so there will be no problem there....

[simonl8353]

Drain holes in the doors have plugs and leave them out....
Rain gets past the window seal and fills the door up...

Get under the door and i think from memory the door had 3 or 4 plugs the size of 10c coins... pull them out... and leave them out..

Sill does not exist as such, so there will be no problem there....
I reckon this is good advice and looking at sclarke's avatar, Id reckon he'd know. :D

Water sound above your head, now that's different :eek: found that one out when I used a high pressure cleaner (twice), ('cos I didnt believe it the first time). Twit!

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Stop the car.
check coolant levels.
do it NOW!
water sounds from the dash of a D2 is a sign of low coolant.

IF this is the case---
go here-
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/common-threads/34329-d2-coolant.html

[Sharpie]

cooling system is AOK nice and full and with the doors there are no plugs to pull out and all the holes are nice and clear so there is no water in the doors.

The sound seems to be coming from under the car (and no i haven't been in any rivers of late) like it's draining from one spot when taking off then as you're braking filling up again ??

this has got me stuffed !!

[LandyAndy]

BLOCKED AIRCON DRAIN(S):cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
Get underneath,2 rubber hoses with a "bulb" exit either side of the trans tunnel.Squeeze rattle stick a stick up them.
BET YOU GET WET:D:D:D:D:D
Andrew

[Sharpie]

well it seems to have been the water reservoir, I've overfilled it and for some reason the sound has now gone away for now !!

so thanks for your help.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

yea,, while there's no expansion chamber as such, the coolant top-up resevior does only move slowly,,

I'd go to COMMON THreads,
D2 Coolant
and use the flushing guide as a water top up guide.

[stusgonesailing]

Even though the reservoir is full there is an air lock in the heater matrix and lines. keep topping it up and squeezing the lines. It took me ages to get rid of the air lock.

Another symptom was the heater going from hot to cold all the time, generally it was hot when moving and cold when stopped. It didnt happen all the time though.

[Sly712]

I have a water sound too and noticed yesterday that when I checked the coolant level (all good) before I started her up that when releasing the cap it made a hissing sound like it was hot.

[Roulston]

I had exactly the same problem, followed a short time later with the drivers side carpet flooded with coollent, fortunately caught it before the engine cooked.

My only guess is that the heater matrix has failed, leaked or otherwise given up the ghost.

I have disconnected the heater pipes in the engine bay and by-passed them, refilled and all good, other then the soaked carpet and no functioning heater!!!

Quote for a new only is about $400! And it looks like it will be bitch of a job to get at it, even with rave as a guide.

Does anyone know if these can be repaired?

Tony

[mike 90 RR]

I had exactly the same problem,

My only guess is that the heater matrix has failed, leaked or otherwise given up the ghost.

Does anyone know if these can be repaired?

Tony

Hi Tony

Replacing the core is the option .... I know that there is a Post on this forum with pictures of how to do the job ..... Do a search under "Heater Core replacement" (something along those lines)

:)