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sweets

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• Jun 25, 2007

• #1

got home today and just before stopping steam came up though the back of the bonnet, i stopped and opened up bonnet a steam was coming from back of the engine and the radiator was empty. the temp gauge was on normal and the heater was on at the time. i waited for it to cool down a bit and re filed the radiator and found the source of the leak its on the back of the engine under what i think is the feul filter(glass thingey) it was coming out of what i think was a pin prick hole in a threaded hole about the size of a 2p.its a 1977 s3 2.25 petrol.

 

landyboy

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• Jun 25, 2007

• #2

Sounds like a core plug to me, and that one is almost impossible to replace without removeing the head. Sorry for the bad news!

 

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sweets

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• Jun 25, 2007

• #3

thanks for the help. right then out comes the liquid metal and maby silicone, just found a replacement engine my big ends were on way out any way so gotta change it now shame i aint got a clue what im doin

 

landyboy

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• Jun 25, 2007

• #4

Its easy anyone with half a brain could do it (no offence suzuki owners)

 

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sweets

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• Jun 25, 2007

• #5

landyboy said:

Its easy anyone with half a brain could do it (no offence suzuki owners)

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well that counts me out then

the liquid metal seems to have worked for now

 

Sidz

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• Jun 26, 2007

• #6

Apparently there is 3 ways of doing that core plug.

1 take the head off
2 take the engine out
3 cut a hole in the bulkhead repair the plug then weld a patch in place.

Personally I went for the head off process and replaced the exhaust manifold at the same time.