The weeping out of hole isn't very dramatic. When I discovered it in my Syncro's water pump a few years ago and learned what it was (not head gaskets thankfully) I realized that it had been going on for some time and I would occasionally see a small amount of coolant and not recognize what I should be looking for. I realized it was a steady though small leak during a two week period of several snow storms and very cold weather. It was much easier to see a few drops of coolant on the snow / ice below the car than to see it on the street. So, I replaced mine before any failure, but after several months of the weeping. I wouldn't advise waiting as long as I did. I just remembered that I still have a new little hose that takes coolant into the oil cooler that I bought because I thought that was the source of the leak. The old one was fine so I left it on there. I need to offer that for sale since I no longer have a 2.1 WBX. Sam
-- Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL, Zetec Inside 85 Westy Weekender 85 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel - to become veggie oil powered All incoming and outgoing email scanned by automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus. |
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