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Newbie DIY-er here. Lol. Did a pressurized test and found coolant to be leaking in a couple of places - the infamous water pump cooling pipe & this area that is pictured below (view from underneath the car).
What’s in this area that could be leaking coolant? I believe I could fix the coolant pipe myself as it seems very straight forward. I’d like to gauge if I could tackle this one myself or just take it to the shop. I’d like to be somewhat informed either way so I don’t go in blind to the shop.
i uploaded a video but im not sure if it took. That’s why I attached some terrible screenshots. Sorry about that!
Guessing thats the M271 engine? Im not familiar with it. Looks like coolant is dripping from the alternator so the leak should be above it somewhere.
Can you pressurize the system then look in there with a flash light? maybe fit a boroscope in there for a closer look.
I looked at photos of the engine and in the diagrams. The leak may be coming from around the hose #200 in the diagram.
Red square should be where the alternator mounts in the photo below: looks like a coolant hose above that area.
Tim!
Thank you so much for this. Please know this helped so much 😭 I don’t think it’s something I could do myself, but now if the shop says this is the issue I’ll have some understanding.
Where in the world did you find this awesome diagram?? Lol
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