Hey peeps need help pinpointing Where this leak is coming from it looks to be coolant with about a 4in wide spread on the downpipe and the other turbo piping. my oil level is fine but my coolant goes down bit by bit so i think its got to be coolant, i dont drive the car because as soon as it heats up its starts smoking from the engine bay like crazy from the liquid burning off the down pipe. the leak seems to be slow but it has to be found.

Sorry the pics aren't great hard to get a shot of it.

 

Have you checked/tested the turbo coolant lines?

 

No sir, im not exactly sure where there located are they in my pictures?

 

see the black hose with the clip??? that's a coolant hose

 

If you're talking about the first picture, that is an airpump hose---- no coolant in there

Based on the pics it may be oil from the turbos, the Y-pipe O-rings at this point are known to fail on cars that still have the original one.

 

The one in the first pic top right? i wasn't sure if that was a coolant one because when i tried to press it with my finger it was rock hard. is there another one? i dont think that's the one that was leaking i didnt see any dampness around it.

 

Here's the coolant flow diagram from the Big Cooling Thread:

 

Ahh thank you Mahjik. i will look at those lines and see if i can spot the problem. ill also look into the o rings on the y-pipe because it is possible its oil i have only started the car twice since ive had the problem.

 

You can tell by the smell if it's oil burning or coolant burning.

 

Its like a sweet smell with really white smoke.

 

Coolant for sure. Check those turbo coolant hoses

 

Thanks for the reply, ill check it out when i get some parts in. since were on the cooling topic are our turbos water cooled and oil cooled?

 

^Yes, oil and water cooled (hence the coolant hoses to the turbos)