t34418l31

So I have a pretty significant coolant leak that leaks when car is both on and off. After pulling off the belly pans and starting the car and letting it it run for a while the leak is coming from the drivers side and in about the middle of the engine bay. It is actually dripping onto the a/c hose that connects to the drivers side of the compressor b/c the coolant drips off of the bottom of that hose. What are the possible leak areas that I should look at? The leak is pretty significant, its either a fast drip or a thin, but constant stream upon shutdown. Turbo water pump maybe?

Spidey944

pull the jboot and intercooler pipe off the drivers side, and start squeezing hoses, they like to get realy mushy. It's a quick 5 minute dissadembly and makes it easier to spot issues. There are so many hoses there is no one place to start.

hosrom_951

I had that sort of leak, right onto the compressor. The problem was with one of the hoses from the turbo pump to the metal coolant x-over.

The pump also could leak, some ppl here got an after market seal (after opening it and matching the seal) and worked fine, i couldn't and got a Mercedes Benz pump which worked fine. Look at the pump and it's connections.

DDP

Sorry but I'd part the car out, I wouldn't even mess around with the coolant leak. It's too big of a deal.

t34418l31

hahaha. well anyway in my attempt to pull the j-boot off the turbo it just so happens to be completely fused to the turbo inlet. I guess thats what happens if it hasnt been pulled off on 21 years. are there any tips/tricks to pull it off; i really dont want to pull the intake mani off.

Spidey944

a long screwdriver and some leverage, or twisting the jboot works.