water leak

[dirty fingernails]

my cylinder head cracked and have had some good advice on here so hopefuly one more piece of advice please.
right i have replaced everything with genuine toyota parts the head, water pump, t stat, head gasket, crank pulley, rad cap, air pipes i can run the engine with the rad cap off theres not an excesive amount of pressure i can rev the nackers of the engine and no water comes out but if i drive it 100 yards water $$$$es out of somewhere near the passenger side wheel arch ive seen it when im driving i drive up to the next street no more than 50 yards away pull in reverse back there is loads of water all over but when i pull up nothing is leaking it is doing my head in plus where the hell is the water tap for the block it says rear left of block but im buggered if i can find it have flushed out engine best i can but if i could put my finger on this it may help oh and i know its stupid but the t stat cap do i screw it as far as i can or do i just turn it to the first recesses
cheers
dirty fingernails

[dirty fingernails]

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oh yes its a 1993 2,4 td ssr-x with 2l-t engine and yes benfield toyota in leeds has made a fortune from my misery

[drunkmonkeyboy]

Are you sure you dont have an air lock? do a search on hear fr burping the system. good luck. I have a similar problem but not had a chance to look at it i am hoping its not the head, but whatever i will probably fix it and trash it again cos i love it!

[plumb bob]

It maybe one of the heater hoses leaking under pressure, and the water is finding its way to the n/s of the engine, or is it possible it's a core plug leaking under pressure?

[nero279]

The overflow from the expansion tank is just in front of the pass side wheel arch.

[plumb bob]

The overflow from the expansion tank is just in front of the pass side wheel arch.

That would suggest that the system is pressurizing, which may mean he still has head/gaskit problems

[Bogus]

If it was a 3rd gen Id say it had a cylinder head & shoulders issue, but being a 2.4 Im not sure

Bogus

[dirty fingernails]

water leak

i ve hopefully sorted it i think the leak was from 2 places the bottom rad pipe was not pushed on properly so i pushed it fully home and changed the spring clip for a jubilee clip in fact i have changed almost all the spring clips for jubilee clips .
also when i was filling up the water system i filled up the expansion tank to the max mark so when the water in the engine expanded it overfilled the tank. i spent about 5 hours warming everything up driving a little letting the engine cool down and i topped up the water. seems to have found its own level now had no leeking since sunday
the rad cap is a bayonet type but there are 2 possibilities of where it sits either almost a full turn or about quarter of an inch to a recess that the bayonet lugs seem to fit in still cant find the block drain though ive made it my mission to find it but even if i do i doubt ill fit my pork sausage hands anywhere near it

[plumb bob]

The expansion tank should be about 1/3rd full when cold, therefore having room to accept the expansion water when the engine heats up.