Coolant Leak

[Charles Baer]

I chased a similar mystery on my sedan, the tank level kept dropping at 
a very slow rate with no sign anywhere of a leak.

I eventually spotted a small puddle below the afterrun pump.  I swapped 
in a copper elbow (conveniently leftover from the day the avant peed all 
over the parking lot at work) and no more dropping coolant level.

Charlie

Derek Pulvino wrote:
> Looks like I've got a slow coolant leak coming from near the front of the 
> engine.  The couple of culprits I can think of:
> 
> 1.  Thermostat housing and/or hose that attached here.
> 2.  Water pump at either shaft or gasket.
> 3.  Small hose that runs behind rear timing belt cover to turbo.
> 
> I poked around the other day with a flashlight, and because of all of the 
> "stuff" in that area, couldn't find the source...though from what I did see 
> it doesn't look like the leak is coming from the thermostat area.
> 
> Can anybody think of a connection in this area I may have missed, and does 
> anyone have any troubleshooting tips short of pulling parts?
> 
> Derek P
> 
> 
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