WORRIED!!!!!....Slight coolant leak from side of block

[deathbox666]

Hi all,

I have just fired up my 2.4 TD after new cylinder head replacement & months of other new parts been fitted & the old girl fired up on 1st turn of the key, so as you can imagine I was well chuffed.

The only immediate problem I can see is that there is some small drips of coolant that appear to be coming out of the bottom right turbo support bracket hole ie where it bolts into the side of the block. I haven't actually got a bolt in that hole, because it proved a real pain in the arse to get in after the turbo & oil return pipe was bolted in place. I am worried that it might be a cracked or perished block, but is this a known problem on these Surf's?. Please can anyone shed any light from where else it could be coming from...........hopefully not the block itself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers, Russ

[TonyN]

Put the bolt back in, some go through to water chambers, or also hold on the oil cooler housing and leak slightly if all the bolts arn't in.

Its why some bolts have sealant on the threads.

Anyway, its not great mechanicing leave bolts out generally, but especially on a support bracket for something that spins at thousands of RPM.

[Apache]

He's called Deathbox for a reason so it would seem

Mr N... thought anymore about your advertising stickers?

[TonyN]

Mr N... thought anymore about your advertising stickers?

Stop cold calling me, you sticker spammer!!!



no i havn't, but am interested.

[deathbox666]

Anyway, its not great mechanicing leave bolts out generally, but especially on a support bracket for something that spins at thousands of RPM.

I wasn't gonna leave this bolt out, the only reason I didn't put it back in was because I wanted to make sure if fired up & ran ok first just incase I had to remove the turbo unit again should there be any problems. And seeing as this bolt is a pain in the arse to get to, I didn't want to go through the painstaking operation of taking in & out 4 times.

Now that I know the engine runs fine & that thread has to have sealant on it, its going back in there once & for all.