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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 12:27 PM
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Default Help, engine leaking coolant.....?

This is for my brother, hes in L.A. and im in Washingto so I can't figure it out for him.
He says it dribbles out of a "hole" in the back of the block. I looked on a spare d15 I
have and I think he is missing a plug on the back of the block on the drivers side. Is
this sounding right to anyone?



Thanks for the help dre, yeah he lives down in califonia, just bought
a 92si for 1500$ and it needs some work.


Modified by elwood at 6:14 AM 12/21/2003
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 12:39 PM
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Default Re: Help, engine leaking coolant.....? (elwood)

there u go i didn't knew u have a brother
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 12:44 PM
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water pump??
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 12:46 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94hondaLS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">water pump??
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I'll second that, although your brother said it was coming from the back.
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 02:11 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 90blackcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I'll second that, although your brother said it was coming from the back.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Its comming from the area that is circled. Im just trying to figure
out if there is some kind of drain plug back there tha I dont know
about. Im hoping thats it. If so, whre should he get it?
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 02:16 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by elwood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Its comming from the area that is circled. Im just trying to figure
out if there is some kind of drain plug back there tha I dont know
about. Im hoping thats it. If so, whre should he get it? </TD></TR></TABLE>

No drain plug on that side, more then likely its the little hole on the water pump. Try hondaautomotiveparts.com for a new one.
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 02:17 PM
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Default Re: Help, engine leaking coolant.....? (elwood)

it's probably the seal on the water pump y0.


Dre had the same problem on his B16
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 02:33 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Emerika &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's probably the seal on the water pump y0.


Dre had the same problem on his B16 </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah
thanks em
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 02:47 PM
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Default Re: Help, engine leaking coolant.....? (drevinder)

isnt that hole on hte water pump housing in case the water pump stops functioning? thats what i was told from a friend once...
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 02:53 PM
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i'd say.. if ur gona use that motor then get new timing belt... and water pump...
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 03:09 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nerdsports &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">isnt that hole on hte water pump housing in case the water pump stops functioning? thats what i was told from a friend once... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep, thats what I said before.
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 03:30 PM
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Default Re: Help, engine leaking coolant.....? (90blackcrx)

same thing happened to me.. it was a slight drip.. its the water pump.. it took me less than an hour to fix..
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 04:21 PM
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Default Re: Help, engine leaking coolant.....? (eli_vang)

when the pump is bad it will drip out of a small drip hole. that tells you that it will be going completely bad soon. you can still drive it like that for a while as long as the drips dont get any bigger.... the water pump and seal is usually changed everytime the cam belt is changed. seeing how thats the usual period of a bad water pump. 60,000 miles in general

tell your bro to get the helms manual in my sig so he knows how to fix it..
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 07:42 PM
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Default Re: Help, engine leaking coolant.....? (eli_vang)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eli_vang &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">same thing happened to me.. it was a slight drip.. its the water pump.. it took me less than an hour to fix..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats what im worried about. Hes really good at fixing stuff, but cars
are not his specialty. Think it will be that hard for someone to figure out,
not being very experienced with hondas?
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 08:45 PM
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Default Re: Help, engine leaking coolant.....? (elwood)

naaa, just make sure he's got a manual on his car before trying.. shouldnt be that bad.
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