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was driving today and noticed the car overheating,had a look at the engine and there was water/steam shooting out the hole in the pictures below have it circled in red.does anyone know what should be there and why it would have came off
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if i'm looking at this rigth thing is this not you water feed for the turbo??
no turbo is on the other side this is under the intake manifold
if i'm looking at this rigth thing is this not you water feed for the turbo??
thats the thermostat housing
looks like it might have been a bleed screw or something
looks like it might have been a bleed screw or something
X2 if theres water pissing out with steam then
its deafntly a bleed srew !
nothing to major .... :)
just had a took the holes not threaded,best thing to do would be replace the thermostat and housing
just had a took the holes not threaded,best thing to do would be replace the thermostat and housing
was there coolant in the car it could have been a frost plug
ya coolant was full.tried looking for pictures of thermo housings but couldnt see much
Dunnedriftin
27-10-09, 00:26
if you threading it take it off...
little metal filings could get into the system.
wont be threading it.it seems to be a tap in frost plug
prob jus the pressure, anyluck getting one i had coulpe problems with pipes goin brittle and bursting on mine had to heat wrap everything
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