there is water coming from under my turbo and it is running thru my motor. is the turbo on the third gen water cooled? i hope the water seal is not gone in my car.

 

The stock turbos are water cooled.

 

thanks for asking, i had the same question. water-cooled... strange....

 

Water cooled center housings aren't strange, they are a great way to prevent oil coking on hot shut downs.

 

There are two hardlines on the turbos to direct the coolant: one is on the outside, the other is on the inside. Take a look from under the car and see if you can tell which side is leaking. If it's the one on the outside, you may be able to just torque on the banjo bolt so more to stop the leaking. If its the inside one, you'll have to pull the turbos.

If you do pull the turbos, I would recommend reconditioning the turbos while they are out:

1. New copper crush washer for the coolant banjo bolts for both lines
2. New turbo oil return line gaskets

 

well i guess my next question is can the leak get blown back into the motor in any kind of way.

 

I've heard someone else mention this before, but I have yet to ever see it happen on the FD.

 

what does it normaly turn out to be?

 

Bad crush washers on the coolant hardline banjo bolts. As I mentioned before, depending on where the leak is coming from, you might be able to get a wrench on it and tighten the bolt a little more.

Does it only leak when the car is running, or does it leak when the car is not running (i.e. if you add coolant to the filler neck, some of it will go straight to the floor)?

 

when it is running

 

Put the car up on jackstands, start it and slide under the car. If it's one of the hardlines, it will most likely be the one on the outside which is accessible. If it's leaking from one of the banjo connections, try to tighten the banjo a little more to stop the leak.

 

thanks for everything i will try that ASAP

 

There are 2 rubber coolant lines that run to and from the turbos. The rubber will eventually break down, and they will have to be replaced. This could be the source of your leak.

It is also possible that you have a coolant leak that is completely unrelated to your turbos. You really need to find out exactly where the coolant is coming from before jumping to any conclusions.

 

i cant even get it to start now.