M20 Coolant leak

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DRogers
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Post Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:47 pm

Any ideas as to what this could be? There is sometimes a lot of white smoke coming out exhaust.

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Post Sat Dec 30, 2017 2:04 pm

sorry can,t see a thing. what engine is it ?
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Post Sat Dec 30, 2017 2:32 pm

I believe its the M20B20, M20 for sure. 2 litre straight 6 from 1990. Start of the video shows the top of the engine as a guide to the positioning of the leak
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Post Sat Dec 30, 2017 3:13 pm

o.k can,t see a thing try an image.
are you saying you can see water/escaping ?
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Post Mon Jan 01, 2018 3:04 pm

DRogers wrote:Any ideas as to what this could be? There is sometimes a lot of white smoke coming out exhaust.

Looks like water pump to me

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Post Mon Jan 01, 2018 4:01 pm

Water pump or possibly the metal connecting pipe that runs in front of the pump?
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