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Water leak
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:40 pm
by abbo
Hi there , i have a 92 3.1 and its starting to eat water . It looks like its coming from the side of the motor....Is there frost plugs there??? Just replaced cap which needed replacing . When you turn the car off there sound like a air leak??? Could this be part of the problem.
Thanks abbo....
Re: Water leak
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:42 pm
by haynzy
ya sure its not heat escaping from the heated seats?
Re: Water leak
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:38 pm
by mud_slinger
what side of the engine?
Re: Water leak
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:46 pm
by abbo
mud_slinger wrote:what side of the engine?
Its on the left hand side of the motor. I can sort of see where its coming from. Need to out up on stands.
Thanks for reply.
Re: Water leak
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:47 pm
by abbo
haynzy wrote:ya sure its not heat escaping from the heated seats?
Loving them heated seats but dont think its from there....
Re: Water leak
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:45 pm
by mud_slinger
could be a frost plug but behind the back of the engine are 2 waterlines which could be your issue. if it is them good luck they arent very nice. they go to your oil cooler on the drivers side dont qoute me on where the oil cooler is as i,m more familiar with the 2.8 engine
Re: Water leak
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:10 pm
by RobLucking
^^^what he said.
they get pretty brittle and crack quite easily. if you want to replace without ripping engine out, you will need to bend some of your inner gaurd back and have skinny hands.
took me about 3 hours to replace hose with many swear words
stupid isuzu design
Re: Water leak
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:23 pm
by dazza85
I got a pinhole in one of the steel tubes that run behind the block and it took a while to find as it is all mixed up with the inlet manifold and feeds to the heater.
What they said about replacement ... It's a pain made only a little easier when I had to take the exhaust manifold off