Coolant Leaking

[R338OY]

I've noticed every few mornings when i reverse out my 33 from the garage there's a small puddle of coolant on the floor.

Is this a serious problem? What should i look for when i get under the car?

Cheers

[Gazee]

look for leaking coolant from the radiator/ hoses or the water pump

[chopobo]

Have you changed water pump?

I had same problem recently. Would leak a small amount on start up and would stop leaking once warmed up.

It was the water pump. Bought a brand new VL water pump from repco and got mechanic to put it on.

Might also wanna test your hoses. Could be corrosion inside. Give them a bit of a squeeze, if it is crackly then there is corrosion inside, give them a good clean and best to replace them later on. You can get silicon radiator hoses from ebay cheap.

Edited August 20, 2007 by chopobo

[tacker]

LOL starter motor think thats a typo

[R338OY]

Have you changed water pump?

I had same problem recently. Would leak a small amount on start up and would stop leaking once warmed up.

It was the starter motor. Bought a brand new VL water pump from repco and got mechanic to put it on.

Might also wanna test your hoses. Could be corrosion inside. Give them a bit of a squeeze, if it is crackly then there is corrosion inside, give them a good clean and best to replace them later on. You can get silicon radiator hoses from ebay cheap.

i'll give the hoses, radiator & pump a check. The hoses look & feel pretty decent, no cracking or brittleness.

Hard to spot the pump...what's it next to?

[chopobo]

haha my bad!

edited!

suck when you just fixed a problem and another problem arises. ie: in my case starter motor. so my mind can get mixed up sometimes.

[LatinR33]

I just had the exact same problem, turned out to be water pump. Then changed timing belt, tensioner etc also, might aswell do it at once if you havent done your 100,000km service yet.

[R338OY]

haha my bad!

edited!

suck when you just fixed a problem and another problem arises. ie: in my case starter motor. so my mind can get mixed up sometimes.

Yeah i think i'm gonna have to change the pump. I only just got my r33 and it's been in Oz for a couple months only. Not sure if its had its 100k service yet. The clock reads 62,000, obviously wound back. Should i just change timing belt and pump all now anyway?

[tacker]

if it is the pump leaking you might as well do both, who knows how many kms are on it

[chopobo]

yeah you better off changing belts aswell

save u the cost later

cos it will cost the same in labour later, if you can afford to, do the belts aswell

[GTRgeoff]

Just make sure it isn't water from the Air Con drain.

[R338OY]

Just make sure it isn't water from the Air Con drain.

Yeah its green fluid.