Dav
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Recently when I start my car I've been hearing a strange noise that sounds like running or bubbling water.
It seems to be coming from the front of the car tho I can't hear it outside the car or when I look in the engine bay (behind the dashboard?)
The noise runs/bubbles faster as the car revs or accelerates anywhere between 1k and 3k rpm, mostly from cold start or on any hill starts (cold or warm, up and down hill)
It also happend even if the engine is on and the car idles for a few mins, at traffic lights, junctions or dropping someone off etc.
It started after the car was serviced a few weeks ago but is happening more often now.
I've checked my water and oil levels or if the car was overheating, but it's not (infact struggles to heat over 92degree)
Could this be related to my EGR valve not being fixed yet?
Any ideas? 
[Edited on 18-12-2003 by Dav]
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Kerry
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have u got air con??
i can tell u its nothin to do with ure egr valve at all !!!!!!
im gettin similar noises but my heater matrix has packed in but i have air con dont know if that makes a difference
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Mark Petty
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I had the same problem on my corsa. It didn't overheat. In the end it was the head gasket. But i've heard this could be other problems such as heater matrix.
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Nath
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I get the same noise too. Its going in for a service soon so i'm gonna ask vauxhall if they have any ideas. Been doing it for ages on mine, hasnt affected anything. I have air con also.
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PaulW
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if its an air-lock in the heater matrix just drain the entire system & refill it, run the engine with the cap off the header tank till it starts toi boil, stop running engine, let it settle, then top-up again, run it till it starts to boil (slightly) & stop engine, let it cool, top up if needed & put the cap back on.
but when I had these symptoms, my headgasget went about 2 months later.
[Edited on 18-12-2003 by PaulW]
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whitter45
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i have this aswell. I have heard its just the heater matrix
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Mark Petty
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
if its an air-lock in the heater matrix just drain the entire system & refill it, run the engine with the cap off the header tank till it starts toi boil, stop running engine, let it settle, then top-up again, run it till it starts to boil (slightly) & stop engine, let it cool, top up if needed & put the cap back on.
but when I had these symptoms, my headgasget went about 2 months later.
[Edited on 18-12-2003 by PaulW]
I personally think it is a sure sign of the head gasket going 
The reasons why it gurgles is because gases from the engine gets in to the expansion tanks through the head gasket, this therefore creates the bubbling sort of noise.
Sorry guys but if it hasn't gone now i reckon it will go within the next couple of months as it did with PaulW
Get a compression test done asap 
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ainsley_brader
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If it was just an airloc\k it would eventually self bleed.
Everyone I have heard of myself included eventually had the headgasket go.
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DangerousDave16v
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mine does it too, im sure its the heater matrix. it only does it for about 30 secs when its freezing cold from start up.
why would my headgasket go after 30k ?????
(ps the head has never been taken off)
[Edited on 19-12-2003 by DangerousDave16v]
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Mug shot
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mine does it to something to do with water pump i think im wating for mine to bang and sticking a valver in
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whitter45
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i'm also positive its the heater matix, mine rarely does it
I have mayo but im also sure thats condensation because come march when the weather warms up it goes away and the oil cap is black again
Plus im not using any water
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Melville
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just turn the radio up and you wont hear it Does sound like the heater matrix tho
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Mark Petty
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I know mate its comming from behind the dash. Thats where mine was comming from. I didn't loose any water either and I didn't have any white crap on the cap. But when I had a compression test it came up that I needed a new head gasket.
Get a test done you will find out then
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whitter45
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ok wll do cos i know all the signs off a gasket going don't always occur together. I had this last year in winter though so i doubt i would have been able to drive around for a year with a fucked head gasket
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Mark Petty
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I originally thought it was an air lock thats why I went to the garage to see whether they could get rid of it as it seriously pissed me off. It was really strange as I had no signs of the gasket going so I thought the garage was trying to con me so I went to another but they confirmed the same thing.
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whitter45
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fair enough mate
i will get it checked
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Gambit
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quote:
Originally posted by ainsley_brader
If it was just an airloc\k it would eventually self bleed.
Everyone I have heard of myself included eventually had the headgasket go.
self bleed?!?!? in a sealed pressurised system??
but i would agree on the head gasket, either get a compression test or check the plugs - if one of the plugs is sparkling clean then u've got a gasket problem, in effect its bascially steam cleaning the cylinder!!
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whitter45
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sounds like a stupid question but how do u actually reomove the spark plugs. never done it before
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Gambit
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with a plug spanner (a long socket)
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whitter45
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cheers
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Donna Corsa GSi
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Is it a corsa c? Because I used to have this strange sound of running water coming from my dashboard, sounded like it was around the glove box area. I took it back to Vauxhall and there was a problem by the bulkhead, something wasn't sealed properly and the water was running through the bulkhead and into the heater system. Apparently its a common fault. All they did was drain all the water out using a pipe and then sealed up the gap.
[Edited on 19-12-2003 by Donna Corsa GSi]
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Mark Petty
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quote:
Originally posted by Donna Corsa GSi
Is it a corsa c? Because I used to have this strange sound of running water coming from my dashboard, sounded like it was around the glove box area. I took it back to Vauxhall and there was a problem by the bulkhead, something wasn't sealed properly and the water was running through the bulkhead and into the heater system. Apparently its a common fault. All they did was drain all the water out using a pipe and then sealed up the gap.
[Edited on 19-12-2003 by Donna Corsa GSi]
My replies were refering to a corsa B but not sure about everyone else
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Donna Corsa GSi
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Ahhh right just I had the same noise from my corsa c, so assumed he had a corsa c.
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Dav
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Sorry peeps, yeah it's a Corsa B non air-con
Shit hope it's not the head gasket  That'd be all I need just now
Car does tick and rattle a lot tho, and lots of water vapour/steam out the exhaust.
Only 4 years ols and 43k miles tho.
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Nath
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Mine has done it for ages now, if it was the head gasket would it not have gone by now? I do about 12,000 miles a year. I'm getting a service very soon, i'll ask vauxhall to check it out. Mines only an S reg too. If it goes, fuck it, 2litre conversion is going in.
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