Cheers for that Mark I'll check it out...
> ---------- > From: Mark Alford > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2002 2:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Water leak > > David, > > Are you still using the standard (steel) radiator pipe on the passenger > side. If so, it is probably leaking from there. The steel pipe is pressed > into the alloy housing and has a tendancy to leak over time or after being > "disturbed". > > I fixed this problem by having the steel pipe removed and using an alloy > pipe tig welded into place. Only thing is, no heater T piece, but for me > that was no issue. > Check out the link to my website below. The second picture shows the alloy > pipe in place. > > http://www.angelfire.com/retro/mpamotorsports/page3.html > > Bad news is, that to fix it you will need to pull the front timing cover > off - which of course means pulling down half the engine again. Hopefully > it's something else, but I have had the same problem before. > > Good luck. > > Mark. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Hirst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Ozdat'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:03 PM > Subject: Water leak > > > > Hey list > > > > I've just put my rebuilt FJ back in my 1600 and I've got a water leak > > problem. > > Initially it looked as though it was dripping from the water pump > housing > > which I took off and resealed etc.. > > Put it back on and it's still dripping from the same spot underside. > > Before I pull it all apart again I thought I might throw it out there > and > > get some idea's of what you guy's think it might be or where I should > look. > > It's not pissing out, more of a constant drip which is not affected by > > pressure either. > > Thanks for any idea's/suggestion's > > > > Cheer's > > Dave > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
