[s-cars] Coolant leak from under the intake manifold

[John Cunningham]

taking the intake manifold off is really not a big deal.  when the 
rubber hose blew on me this summer, i unbolted the intake mani w/out 
disconnecting everything and just hung it from the hood w/ a ratchet 
strap - the kind of trick you pick up from watching pros do things 
fast.  pulling up the IM makes everything else 100x easier and hardly 
takes any time at all. then you can really be sure you've got perfect 
placement of the hose and clamps...

JC

On 1/31/2014 4:44, Paul Heneghan wrote:
>> Once you have done a thorough investigation of the leak, if you are
>> certain it is coming from  the coolant pipe as you have surmised,  the
>> repair is indeed an involved process that will require removing the
>> intake manifold.
> I'm pretty sure I did once take that solid coolant pipe off *without*
> removing the intake manifold - because I couldn't undo the rubber turbo
> return coolant pipe (that I strongly suspect is the real source of the leak
> in this case). It wasn't easy  - a real 3D challenge, but I thought it
> might be easier than taking the intake manifold off (I might be wrong).
>
> Paul
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