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steve coleby (Ferraridriver)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraridriver
Post Number: 155
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 2:55 am: | |
Rob
If I remove the rear wheel and fender I am not going to be able to see the water pipes. I just had a look
Cheers
Steve |
steve coleby (Ferraridriver)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraridriver
Post Number: 153
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 2:19 am: | |
Hi
Sorry guys. I thought you all knew about checking members profiles to find out the cars owned
Thanks
Steve |
Verell Boaen (Verell)
Intermediate Member
Username: Verell
Post Number: 1129
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 9:47 pm: | |
RusF,
Just click on Steve's name by one of his posts, his profile will pop up & you can see he's got a Mondial. |
Russ F (Russf)
Junior Member
Username: Russf
Post Number: 180
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 5:34 pm: | |
You might find the rest of us somewhat more responsive if you told us what model you have!!!! |
Robert W. Garven Jr. (Robertgarven)
Member
Username: Robertgarven
Post Number: 314
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 5:04 pm: | |
I think you should jack the car up take off the rear wheel and inner fender and look, there are several places it could be leaking from and to me sounds like a loose hose clamp or rotted hose.
Pleas do not taste the fluids, I was told recently while doing coolant searches that 3 teaspoons of ethelene glycol will kill you and that 1 will destroy your live by crystalizing in it..
Rob |
Mark Collins (Markcollins)
Member
Username: Markcollins
Post Number: 347
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 2:17 pm: | |
Steve
the water pump is at the front of the engine near the cambelts, also there are three hoses that connect nr the pump, two are approx 2" diameter going into metal pipes that go across the firewall at the front of the engine bay, there is also a smaller hose that feeds the Heater, I think this also goes into one of the horizontal metal tubes
Any one of these could be causing your problem and I suspect are quite difficult to get to in a Mondial |
steve coleby (Ferraridriver)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraridriver
Post Number: 151
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 1:44 pm: | |
Hi
I forgot to say. There is much more water when the car is running. It does not leak straight away. When I turn it off the water leak slows right down
Thanks guys for all your help
Steve |
steve coleby (Ferraridriver)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraridriver
Post Number: 150
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 1:42 pm: | |
Hi
The water is leak trough the bottom panel under the are that protects the cambelt. The leak is coming from the Cambelt side (back) of the engine. Can I do all these pipe checks you guys recomend without actually having a ramp to put the car on? can it be the water pump or is this in a different place
Cheers
Steve
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Verell Boaen (Verell)
Intermediate Member
Username: Verell
Post Number: 1118
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 3:52 pm: | |
There are a couple of short hose joints in front of the front heat shield & almost in the side-sside center of the car. These joints are where the ~1.5" dia AL pipes from the engine join the similarly sized pipes that run fwd to the radiator. Check the host clamps there to see if one has come loose. |
TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 4341
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 3:03 pm: | |
sorry forgot UK car and things might be reversed - Mark is also right that the hoses under the plenum can leak quite often as well |
Mark Collins (Markcollins)
Member
Username: Markcollins
Post Number: 345
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 2:45 pm: | |
Steve
that is the coolant tank, if you have coolant around the middle of the engine it could be a leak from the crossover pipe (it's under the plenums, the big silver things on top of the engine!) or also from there is a bleed pipe, this runs from the Expansion tank to the top of the engine block. I think it was JRV who posted some pics of how the connector rusts/ degrades and eventually fails |
steve coleby (Ferraridriver)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraridriver
Post Number: 149
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 2:37 pm: | |
Tom
Is the expansion tank the tank that the water/coolant goes into. if it is, it is on the Right hand side, black in colour, viewed from rear of car (UK car)
thanks
Steve |
Dave White (Dwhite)
Junior Member
Username: Dwhite
Post Number: 91
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 2:36 pm: | |
Goes great with vodka. First check the coolent level in the tank, then make sure the cap is on right. If it still leaks, do a pressure check to see if the system holds pressure. If it does the cap is bad, if not, you will probably see some leaking somewhere. |
TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 4340
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 2:25 pm: | |
well the expansion tank should be on the left as well as the slave - sounds like it could be the water pump though not sure what the hissing is from, its possible the hissing is from the expansion tank as maybe air is getting in there? never tasted coolant so don't know |
steve coleby (Ferraridriver)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraridriver
Post Number: 148
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 2:17 pm: | |
Hi Tom
The hissing seems to be coming from the right hand side of the engine if viewed from the rear. The dumping seems in the middle of the engine bay, difficult to say though. It definately has a bitter/sweet taste to it. Is this coolant? I will take closer look to see where it is coming from
Cheers
Steve |
TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 4339
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 2:02 pm: | |
the overflow drain on the coolant expansion tank dumps under the engine - possible? I would think you could tell coolant just by looking at it. If it was a head gasket issue you might see coolant in your oil or oil in your coolant. which side of the engine is it appearing - that way we can eliminate water pump or slave |
steve coleby (Ferraridriver)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraridriver
Post Number: 147
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 1:40 pm: | |
Hello
I have noticed I am loosing some fluid from under my engine bay. I tasted this fluid and my guess is that is in coolant from the engine (Bitter taste). I also hear a quiet hissing sound when the engine is turned off from warm from the engine bay. Could it be a head gasket problem or could a pipe be loose somewhere. Please help
thanks
Steve |