water leak

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e30jamin
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Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:55 am

coolant light came on yesterday on my 2.5 had a look looks like its comeing from the engine and its comeing out pritty quick to.
looks like it comeing from behind one of the pullys i no i aint gave much detail but any ideas lads ?water was boiling when i was trying to look last night so ill have a look soon :cool:
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spp320i
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Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:16 am

Hi,

If you think that the water's coming out from behind the pulleys, the best guess would be that your waterpump is leaking. Don't let the car overheat! If you have to do the water pump, it's definitely worth doing the timing belt and other v belts at the same time.

Hope that helps!
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