Water Leak From The Lhr Side Of The Engine. Help!

[noakespg]

Hey,

I started my r32 gtst today and when I reversed I seen a small puddle of water on the ground. When I opened the bonnet I could see that the water was running down where the bellhouseing of the gearbox and the engine meet. It is quite rapid. Does anyone know where this may be coming from?

[sloazr33]

heater hoses?

[Duncan]

welsh plugs?

air con condensation?

but probably heater hose

Do you have coolant or water in the radiator? and is it water or coolant?

[BH_SLO32]

The water supply for the turbo runs behind the back of the head from the drivers side to the passenger side and there is a small section of hose on the drivers side.

Something to look for in addition to the heater hoses.

Cheers

[Zoix]

Car history:

R33 gtst 93 model coupe. stock motor, just had timingbelt, raditor and fan belts changed, reaplced the hose going into heater core as it blew, new radiator hoses and was flushed. every oil reaplced(even lsd). spark pulgs been about 7k. inlet gasket been replaced. was going to get coil packs checked/have a look at for the 5500rpm sputter.

Problem:

mine blew that hose the other day in my drive way, this is after it stalled as i was idling into my driveway and i was nursing it home after i found out that the power steering hose was leaking. i immeditalley turned it back on and put tap water into the radiator. this is after i noticed steam coming out drivers side, and coolant pouring out of the drivers side from under the inlet manifold.

the temp was standard for a bit then went to 3/4 then back too normal and i switched it off. About 1 minute after the tap water was going into radiator, steam came out of the radiator.

We have found it to be the hose, and I havent moved or started the car since. dan(3l3teracing) did find the hose when he came over too have a look, and said this hose on the driver side, at the back of the block under the inlet manifold has spilt. heater hoses or something...

note: it wasnt leaking water before hand, and 3 days prior i had checked the oils and water in the motor and topped up the power sterring fliud. after this i noticed a fish smell in the car, assuming the power steering fluid was the smell.

other than that the car was running fine and no knocks or idle problems.

I was wondering if this is bad news as it was around 6am on a cold morning... I'm going to get dan to replace the hose and do a test on it and we'll find out then, but I was just wondering if I should be looking for new pistons and a head or just get a Neo and replace the rb25det.

Edited June 15, 2006 by Zoix

[predator]

I hope you didn't put cold tap water into the hot radiator? If so, it's very lucky you didn't start the car afterwards..

[Zoix]

i started the car then put the water in. i left it running and then i turned the car off and removed the hose.