Moonstone Mo

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mate of mine bought a sapph cossie couple of months back and from day one the blolts that sit on either side of the turbo(if youre looking straight at it or from the top) well one of them is spitting water out only slightly what would be the cause of this and is it something to worry about?

Daveysaff

iTrader: (9)

I take it its the water cooling pipes you're talking about, bolted on either side, one pipe goes over the cam cover and one down to the stat housing?
If its them, either stick new washers on, or just blank the pipes off at the stat and the header tank. A T series turbo will be fine without water cooling

Moonstone Mo

iTrader: (3)

thats the ones im on about mate.thanks.

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

the banjo that bolts from the header tank to the turbo (also run along the top of the cam) has to be pretty tight; you need 2 new cooper washers; one either side - replace the washers, do up tight, and bob's your uncle

Moonstone Mo

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cheers guys..come to think of it he bought the car with a new rebuilt turbo so they probly wernt tightened properly then.hope hes not done any damage!

costina

iTrader: (1)

no mate its only water just keep an eye on the header tank level

Paul

tabetha

The banjo's are a shit to get to when fitted, especially the one between head/turbo, so I welded a 15mm nut onto the top of my banjo there, dead easy to do now, using new washers or heating/re-annealing old washers means they don't need to be too tight at all.
tabetha

costina

iTrader: (1)

The later ones Tab have a smaller 13mm nutthose 22mm (i think) are a right pain

Paul

Moonstone Mo

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thanks for the help guys i passed on your sugesstions.

and yes,hes been keepin an eye on the water level but according to him it loses only very little.

Mike1

Is the cause of it the vibration on the fittings or the constant heat cycles?

wirralphil

bit late mate, last reply was August

Mike1

The fix was easy...no-one suggested a cause though which he asked for?

Mike1

Wonder if the turbo damper had been serviced recently on cars where this joint has started leaking?

Anyway, noticed in the manual for Cosworths, next to the tightening torques for the banjo bolt it says 'oil'. On some of the other bolts it says 'Loctite' .....and on others it says nothing. I presume it implies you use a dab of engine oil when re-fitting?

GUZZLER

iTrader: (3)

Some cosworths do suffer with this, normally the face of water inlet/outlet is a bit warped or rough, a flick over with a flat file & a new set of ford washers should sort it.

paul thornton

used new washers and some blue instant gasket on mine. Never leaked since.

Mike1

Ah cheers for the pointer

Mike1

It mentions 19->23NM in the manual

I think the Finis codes are 1514328 for the washer and 6165460 for the banjo bolt

Moonstone Mo

iTrader: (3)

he replaced the bolts and has been fine sice.

Mike1

Are the later ones the same as the early ones apart from the smaller nut?