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chris
26-10-09, 19:23
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
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/keating1989/CIMG0792-1.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/keating1989/CIMG0790-1.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/keating1989/CIMG0791.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/keating1989/CIMG0788.jpg
Bobbys14
26-10-09, 19:28
if i'm looking at this rigth thing is this not you water feed for the turbo??
chris
26-10-09, 19:33
no turbo is on the other side this is under the intake manifold
1-JAY-Z
26-10-09, 19:40
if i'm looking at this rigth thing is this not you water feed for the turbo??

thats the thermostat housing
Davie
26-10-09, 19:47
is it a treaded hole?
podge
26-10-09, 20:47
looks like it might have been a bleed screw or something
Kaleb180
26-10-09, 20:55
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 .... :)
chris
26-10-09, 21:04
just had a took the holes not threaded,best thing to do would be replace the thermostat and housing
podge
26-10-09, 21:05
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
chris
26-10-09, 21:28
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.
chris
27-10-09, 00:34
wont be threading it.it seems to be a tap in frost plug
k1984w
27-10-09, 20:49
prob jus the pressure, anyluck getting one i had coulpe problems with pipes goin brittle and bursting on mine had to heat wrap everything