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massive coolant leak
« on: 17 August 2009, 14:43:28 »
hi well i have a p reg 2.5 v6 estate auto. all has been well untill tonight lol

was driving home when temp went up and then heard a pop and steam every where. pulled over to find no coolant and a pipe at the front right of engine had blown off and vanished so water every where.

is there any 1 local that could come have a look as ive just lost my job and cant afford a garage bill just need pointing in the right direction to carry out the repairs myself.

tea coffee biccys buttys and even beer is on offer for any 1 that could spare a little time and save my life lol

many thanks chris
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #1 on: 17 August 2009, 15:24:34 »
Sounds like your top hose has said goodbye dear world and shuffled off to its mortal coil., Easy job to do mate, replace the hose and clips and refill with 50/50 mix coolant you should be good to go. did you run the engine in the red on the gauge or stop very soon.
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #2 on: 17 August 2009, 15:30:23 »
didnt run it in the red lol. just taken the top hose off and yes it has a crack on the underneath but this is not the only problem..... there is another piece of hose totally missing its only about2inch long but also there is a hole burnt into another pipe and a peice of what looks like vaccum pipe melted and not connected to any thing. dont know what theese bits are please help
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #3 on: 17 August 2009, 16:06:31 »
need to identifly theese other pipes any ideas?
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #4 on: 17 August 2009, 16:19:34 »
If you could put up a couple of pics it might help to identify the parts and how to fix them :y
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #5 on: 17 August 2009, 16:43:02 »
dnt know how could i email hem t sum 1 to put on for me? will go take sum now
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« Reply #6 on: 17 August 2009, 17:00:19 »
have taken photos now just need sum kind person to post them up for me as i cant fiure out how to put them up lol
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #7 on: 17 August 2009, 17:01:50 »
I've just sent you a PM with my email address :y
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #8 on: 17 August 2009, 17:03:58 »
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have taken photos now just need sum kind person to post them up for me as i cant fiure out how to put them up lol

You need to host your pictures somewhere like Photobox or Photobucket. You then make a link from there to here
  [img ]Properties of the picture http:// etc  [ /img]
like this!
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #9 on: 17 August 2009, 17:10:24 »
cheers for that mate will try later altho im not computer minded lol
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #11 on: 17 August 2009, 17:19:03 »
The top pic, the pipe on your finger is a vac pipe, the other red circle is around an aircon pipe. The second picture looks like a secondary air injection pipe has gone which would explain how the other pipes have melted due to hot exhaust gasses. 
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #12 on: 17 August 2009, 17:21:01 »
cheers for that mate.

right the first pic is the small black pipe on the right that is nt connected to anything and the end is melted.

the sliver thing on the left that is circled relates to the pipe with the small circle round in pic 2 that has been a small hole burnt through.

the other ring in pic 2 is a small piece of pipe that is missing its only about 2 inch long.

can any body identify theese for me and tell me what i  need to do and the best place to get parts cheap or free as i have just lost my job.
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #13 on: 17 August 2009, 17:34:34 »
The pipe in your finger is a vac pipe and will run behind the two large black inlet pipes to either a T piece half way up at the rear of the pipes or a square box (vac tank) which should have another pipe the same running to it also at the rear of the pipes but at the bottom left.

The second one, the silver thing is a aircon pipe and if it wasn't working I wouldn't bother replacing it.

From what I can see, the cause of the problem is the 2" piece of pipe which is the SAI pipe and goes to the exhaust manifold. It has obviously come off and allowed hot gasses to melt the other pipes. That could have gone due to blocked cats. There must be another pipe gone somewhere because the ones in pic dont carry water. It might be an idea to put water in and see where its leaking from.
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Re: massive coolant leak
« Reply #14 on: 17 August 2009, 17:48:47 »
sorry the top water hose had split so i cut it back and its nt leaking now lol but i did notice the cast piece that the hose goes on to is a little loose? would the car be safe to drive untill i can relpace the sai pipe? would it cause any more probs?
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