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    Missing pipe!!! Which one is it?

    Aftre a spirited driver the other nightm and having just filled my cooland levels up, I noticed a pool of fresh cooland on the floor. On investigation I can see a pipe missing:



    Pretty sure it's the one above, though thats not my car in the pic. There is definately coolant coming out but it seems to have levelled off and slowed down. Still coolant in the expansion tank. Water temperature seems ok...

    I guess a purge is in order and replace it? But where does the pipe go?

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    How the hell did I spell coolant 'cooland' TWICE!!!? I hate my works keyboard.

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    I'll post exact pics when I get home, by which time it will be dark and near impossible to work on in sub zero temperatures anyway.

    I am sure it is one of these ones:


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    i think the ones in the above picture are just air breather pipes?

    not sure where the pipe in your first pic goes

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    It's a metal pipe that curves round from the front of the blockand then sticks out toward the nearside...and has coolant comig out of it from what I can see. I'll post pics as soon as I can. Any help would be appreciated!

    I'm going to have a good look about and see if I can see a loose pipe later in the dark and cold.

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    Ok, think the ppe in the first pic has popped off and is facing the wrong way...looks like it's plugged into something but I will check before I drive home!

    If so, easy fix.

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    Ok...seems more complex now.

    It is not just a pipe that has blown off.

    There is a water leak from somewhere, but uncertain where.

    The 2nd pic...it is the lower of the two pipes, and in the 1st pic, the highlighted pipe connects it to a lower metal pipe directly below it. Except mine does not. It seems mine has had a pipe similar to the intended one put in and the tube has been rerouted to it.

    The pipe to the left of the green clip should normally go to the arrow location:


    Closer view:



    Why would someone do this? Has it anything to do with a PiperX IC? It is just a breather pipe?

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    dont know to be honest, i will have a look at mine and see where it goes in the morning and see if that sheds any light on it

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    Thanks :D

    I need to understand what the pipe does, why it has been left open and if it is the cause for my cooland leak, or if it is a faulty exapnsion cap. Also I need to work out why someone has left it like that and rerouted the plastic hose to a homemade bypass pipe...

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    hi mate where the other ends goes is to the oil cooler is this still fitted and connected up because this could be bypassed thus making these pipes redundant.


 

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