st185 GT4 CAR OverHeating Coolant Leaking

[dvmv_kim]

hi today when i was driving back home my car started to over heat then i saw steam coming out from the engine bay as i parked the car up and then all this coolant started pissing out from the center of the engine but dont know where abouts wot i think it might be a pipe loose but not quite sure help please?

[Bumpy]

Could be a cracked pipe. Use your fingers and try and find where it's coming from.

[dvmv_kim]

oh yeah i heard air pissing out if that helps

[Bumpy]

Would probably have been the water coming out, cause it's under pressure!

Had a small leak in my Galant once, in the radiator hose, didnt know much about cars and didn't think it would do much, but drove it 5 kms across town.

Then it ... died ... cracked the head!

[dvmv_kim]

oh shit was it cause it was over heating or cause it was under pressure?

[Anth_555]

it wouldnt have cracked from overheating . all water systems pressurerise
when the water heats up he just means it wont leak much when its not under presserse but when its underpressure the water will be forced out any holes or cracks

[Bumpy]

Well when you heat water it expands, and when it expands in your cooling system it creates pressure.

Yea, the head cracked because of heat, cause I ran out of water, hence the water leak.

[dvmv_kim]

okay so im lost here so with my car leaking all the coolant from the radiator its a cracked pipe or it came loose? or is it something else?

[Anth_555]

sounds like a cracked pipe could be something lose start by looking at the waterlines that run across the moter run just behind the turbo

[postfach]

yeah, if there's water pissing out, it should be pretty easy to find, fill the radiator with water again (when the car is cold) then start it, watch the engine to see where the water comes out, making sure that you don't run it dry. once you've found where the water is coming out, turn it off, and fix it.

[dvmv_kim]

will its leaking sumwhere in the middle i went under the car to have a look from the side and water was dripping from the center so im geussing its a pipe going to the motor from the raditor