All,

 

I came out to find water dripping out of my 300 earlier this evening. I managed to drive like a metro driver a few miles to get home without the temperature rising above normal. When I stopped, the car was steaming from somewhere at the front about half way down the engine. It's fizzing away now and I am obviously not going to drive it until I can investigate. When driving home at 30mph the car felt perfect without any problems. Can I presume that this is simply a split pipe or something? All the roads around my area have been resurfaced and there is a totally unbelievable amount of stones flying up and around the car even at slow speeds. I guess there is a chance this may have done something to an already wearing pipe.

 

Any advice on how I can possibly locate the pipe/leak or advice or where to take it (in the Tunbridge Wells, Kent area) would be greatly appreciated. The car is still at normal temperature so I'm not unduly worried. Luckily I have a spare care so can spend a bit of time investigating.

 

Once again, thanks and any advice .... please :-)

Ice.

there are 2 small water pipes down there as well as the water pump.

 

Vijay

yep sounds like the problem i had, its very common for these 2 pipes to split, mine started as a hissing steam, then gush, dont drive it as it will just go pop and soon over heat, there quite cheap to buy from nissan no more than 20 quid for both plus new clips, but can be a pain to do as involves taking the cam covers off and theres some hard to reach bolts that hold these on, you;ll need some instant gasket as well,

Me too :( Pic attached showing the two pipes concerned just before the "to cylinder head" text..

 

Steve

Mine split lastyear as well so you are not alone.

Yep mine went 3 months after i bought the car, bitch to d :(