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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:13 pm 
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Hey Guys,
I've got a coolant leak. It's located on the intake side between the 5th cyl and the 6th cyl. Coming from a pipe coming from the engine block. Is this a common place for a leak?

It's an XG Ute if that makes a diff.


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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:57 am 
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could just be the heater pipe hose, they tend to get damaged (mainly due to getting dirty, and stones from the road etc)

It joins the heater tap .so its about where 5-6 cyl are ..

put it on ramps, get underneath and have a look!
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:56 am 
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could also be the heater tap

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:07 am 
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true, they tend to leak sometimes when they are old cos the plastic on them rots away ..
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:43 am 
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dunno about the later ones (or even what type the XG's use compared to XF's), but on the XF's, it's usually the metal part of the heater tap that rusts where the hose clamps onto it

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:56 pm 
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Interceptor wrote:
dunno about the later ones (or even what type the XG's use compared to XF's), but on the XF's, it's usually the metal part of the heater tap that rusts where the hose clamps onto it


Being as I just had mine out, The 'E series is the same, part plastic part metal. The one I replaced was rusted and the plastic was brittle!

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:57 pm 
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thanks guys it's at ford now. A heat hose had worn and cracked. So yeah glad I'm not fixing it.

 

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