pete shrimp Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Evening all :) I've spotted a small coolant leak on my Zed, the reason the rad needs a top-up most mornings. Can anyone tell me what part it is from the attached picture? It's dripping from the end, where the hose meets the bulkhead. The hose is wrapped in silver shiny foily stuff and is about 3/4 to an inch wide. Thanks for any help :) Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete shrimp Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 Might help if I attached the image :rolleyes: ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mickeyb Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Looks like the pipes for the heater matrix. The foil stuff is a heat shield as the turbo is down that area. Looks a real bitch to get to. Maybe if you removed the battery it would make it easier.:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeff TT Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Mmm don`t thinks it is a heater matrix pipe they are more on the drivers side, could be a turbo coolant line. Jeff TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aaronjb Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Kinda hard to tell what anything is in that pic - but I'm with Jeff, there's a couple or three turbo coolant lines down there - all 8mm bore, and they perish with age and heat.. It's my bet we'll see lots more leaks like this in the future :S However having said all that - the turbo lines aren't wrapped in foil.. The a/c pipes are though - is it definitely coolant? (sniff it.. or taste a tiny bit) There's an a/c drain pipe that exits the bulkhead down there, underneath the a/c pipes - one of which is fairly large diameter and wrapped in insulating foil (to stop it freezing).. In fact - from that description, it's almost certainly the high pressure side of the a/c pipework.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete shrimp Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 Cheers boys :) I gather its not one I can just pull off and inspect then, without draining the coolant system? Its definately coolant (he says ;) ) - I can see it dripping onto the exhaust and the level in the rad drops every time I use the car. Shouldn't be too hard to get to with the battery out, and it might just be a split in the end which I could lop off and re-tighten, it certainly comes from the joint area. Cheers Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andyduff Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Can *just* about make the picture out. That will be the turbo coolant line for the passenger side turbo ;) As you say with the battery out it should be much easier. I would replace the entire length of that particular hose though. If its gone once, then the rubber has hardened and will crack somewhere else near soon enough ;) HTH CheerZ, Andy Just hope its not actually the water 'hard pipe' that actually attaches to the turbo - will be a royal PITA to sort if it is..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete shrimp Posted June 30, 2003 Author Share Posted June 30, 2003 While Chris has his engine out, I hope you dont mind Chris but I've pinched your picture to point out that leak I was wittering on about - can anyone confirm what it is and whether it is what we thought it was, further up the thread? Cheers folks and ChrisC :) Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC 1 Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Originally posted by pete shrimp While Chris has his engine out, I hope you dont mind Chris but I've pinched your picture to point out that leak I was wittering on about - can anyone confirm what it is and whether it is what we thought it was, further up the thread? Cheers folks and ChrisC :) Pete No coolant in that pipe,It carries the aircon gas:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete shrimp Posted June 30, 2003 Author Share Posted June 30, 2003 Huh? Really? Whats dripping then?? Arggh! :confused: :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC 1 Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Originally posted by pete shrimp Huh? Really? Whats dripping then?? Arggh! :confused: :confused: LOL how about aircon gas:D,If that is the pipe 100% then that's what is inside it;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aaronjb Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Or, directly below that pipe is the a/c drain pipe (rubber pipe, sticks out of the bulkhead, you can't see it from the top but you can see it in that pic).. Drains the condensation (of which there can be lots) out of the a/c system.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Yeah the one wrapped in bandage type stuff is one of the aircon hoses. I think it goes to the bulkhead and heater matrix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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