s14 help coolant leaking

**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

**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

Originally Posted by Bobbys14

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

Originally Posted by podge

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

Originally Posted by chris

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

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