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Old 02-24-04, 04:40 PM
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Coolant getting out

Ok, here' the problem.

It on ly occurs sometimes like last week when I last drove my RX. I drove it like 5 miles to friend, just drove it slowly warm and in the end I pushed it a bit harder.

Arrived at my friend and left the engine running for some time. Still sitting in the car I noticed some white fumes coming from under the hood, passengers side. i got out and smelled heated coolant fluid.

Next i opened the hood and checked for leaks (still fuming). So i noticed that the exhaust mnifold between the turbo's (looking between the rear turbo OEM intake hose and chassis) was a bit wet causing fumes due to the warm manifold.

I need to have a closer look at it when I take the intake hose of but the problem seems to be around the Y inlet tube.

Is there any coolant connection here? any info on early expiriences would be helpfull. i"ll try to take pictures when possible.

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Old 02-24-04, 04:46 PM
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the turbo coolant line runs right around the area you're talking about. they tend to get a bit fragile when they're old, so might just need to get a new one and replace the clamps
Old 02-24-04, 05:15 PM
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Check your throttle body hoses as well.
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Check the plastic cap on top of the water pump. Not the actual pressure cap but the plastic area around it. Mine leaks like a mad man. A new one is 30$ from Malloy I beleive.
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THX, I will check it on Sunday, my only day off... :S
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