Water leak...help
04-11-2012, 09:09 AM
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Water leak...help
Without pulling the car fully out of the carcoon and jacking it up anyone likely to know where this is coming from..?... I thought rad but its been blasted towards the rad so seems under manifold somewhere
04-11-2012, 09:24 AM
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Thermo housing, or under the exhaust manifold the head gaskets can be known to blow
04-11-2012, 09:56 AM
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Thermostat housing is on the front... It's not that... And it certainly in the head gasket.. As it runs spot on.. No fumes in water etc.... It's looks like it could
04-11-2012, 10:02 AM
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Could be the metal pipe that runs under the rad?
04-11-2012, 10:16 AM
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The head gasket went on mine. Under the exhaust manifold at the rear of the head. It only leaked water out - there were no signs of head gasket failure as such, other than the water leak
04-11-2012, 10:21 AM
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Get a pressure tester , no need to guess then
04-11-2012, 10:21 AM
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My old 2wd done this it had a cosmetic head gasket on it and was leaking water out the front of the head on boost ran mint tho
04-11-2012, 10:54 AM
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Fuckin hell here's me hoping its a hose then..
04-11-2012, 01:31 PM
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Is it the little silicone hose that runs on top of the alternator ?
04-11-2012, 01:31 PM
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Nothing like a bit of cossie worry mate
Mine ran fine when the block was cracked and pissing out water around the rear core plug on the ex side...
Lets hope it's something small!
04-11-2012, 01:39 PM
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Hope it's the hose... Ill find out in February when I can be arsed to look at it lol..
04-11-2012, 01:42 PM
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The old mans saph had a similar leak from the core plug under the exhaust manifold,
04-11-2012, 01:50 PM
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had that once and it turned out to be the water pump, the seals had gone but only weeped slightly.
04-11-2012, 01:53 PM
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It was squirting like a fine jet towards the rad.
04-11-2012, 02:33 PM
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I doubt its the headgasket usually on 2wd it will run down the block under the exhaust manifold sounds like a pin hole in a pipe to me
04-11-2012, 02:42 PM
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It was squirting like a fine jet towards the rad.
My dads did this when the water pump was leaking. Spent ages trying the find it. Did it with a pressure tester in the end
04-11-2012, 03:02 PM
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Cheers guys will take a look.
04-11-2012, 03:17 PM
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Water pump , happened me last month
04-11-2012, 04:21 PM
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I doubt its the headgasket usually on 2wd it will run down the block under the exhaust manifold sounds like a pin hole in a pipe to me
thats exactly what my old stage 3 flint saph did, rusty stain down the block where it leaked.
04-11-2012, 04:27 PM
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I will check the water pump and hoses etc .
04-11-2012, 04:45 PM
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Hope its a easy fix for you Matt
04-11-2012, 04:58 PM
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04-11-2012, 10:22 PM
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I had a pin hole leak in a core plug many years ago and it came out like a fine jet. It's an easy fix if you can get at it though.
04-11-2012, 10:27 PM
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05-11-2012, 07:28 AM
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heater matrix pipe/hose that runs by exhaust manifold?
22-11-2012, 03:45 PM
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Result ..!!!!!!.... It's the core plug...
22-11-2012, 05:19 PM
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not often that's the way.
22-11-2012, 05:32 PM
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37pence
not often that's the way.
It was coming out of the side of the core plug like a jet lol... Bastards ripped me off I paid 50p..
23-11-2012, 04:18 PM
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Heater, or turbo feed?
23-11-2012, 04:26 PM
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26-11-2012, 02:16 PM
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05-12-2012, 08:44 PM
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Matt did you have to take the mani off to change it?
05-12-2012, 08:56 PM
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Matt did you have to take the mani off to change it?
Yes you have to take it off mate.
05-12-2012, 09:04 PM
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What a bastard then.
05-12-2012, 09:25 PM
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I just ended up taking mine to Ford and let them do it.
05-12-2012, 09:30 PM
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Ok mate
05-12-2012, 09:51 PM
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Ok mate
Not a big job or bad job at all... I'm just mega busy with work.
05-12-2012, 10:28 PM
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It's just a pain in the ass getting the man off
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04-11-2012, 09:09 AM
Water leak...help
not often that's the way.
