[s-cars] RE: mystery coolant leak...
Fifield, Douglas
Douglas.Fifield at TENNANTCO.com
Mon Jun 7 12:39:36 EDT 2004
Tom wrote:
>
> Yo.... s-dudes.
>
> I have a new "issue". I started noticing a drop in the old
> coolant tank, oh,
> a couple of months ago. Nothing to be alarmed about. Just had
> to top off.
> Little by little the coolant loss was getting worse. I noticed I had a
> smallish leak at the turbo. Fixed it and lately it's gotten
> much worse. (I'm
> really good at fixing things... just ask my wife... 8-)
> Anywho, over this
> past weekend I noticed the leak is actually way back at the firewall,
> passenger side. I know the core is on the other side,
> drivers, any clue what
> I might have fixed, I mean broke this time ? Gotta start
> ripping stuff
> apart but looking for ideas.... thanks.
Tom - I just tracked down a similar leak in my S6 Avant. Coolant was
leaking far back by the firewall, eventually on both sides. Pulling the
plastic cover off showed signs of leakage around a valve on the drivers side
of the airbox. It appeared that coolant was leaking there and dripping down
through the drain holes.
The valve was about $50 US at the stealer. Swapping it out was
straightforward with the exception of a tiny Phillips head screw that was a
real pain to remove and put back.
No more leaks (knock on wood).
HTH,
Douglas, dry in MN
95.5 //S6Avant - mine
98 Mercury Mountaineer - her work sled
98 Toyota RAV4 - for sale
73 BMW R60/5 - lonely in the garage
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