coolant leak

[GTI-R 300bhp]

hi i done a coolant change on my r then i havint went near my gtir since before bad weather snow etc i went out to garage today and the engine was soaking like as if it was frozen and was tawing ..... anyways i dryed it up and it started first time idle was fine and it sounded great was just about to put it on tralier to take it to track wen i noticed coolant dripping down drivers side of the sump and looks like is cuming from sumwer from back of engine under trottle body ... any ideas ?? thanks

 

[PulsarLee]

did you use a good anti freeze when you did the change then run to circulate?

under the throttle bodies there aremany heater hoses,,,,,,,,

 

[johnny gtir]

if it has froze it might of split a pipe if its froze right up could of damaged the block

 

[williams]

or just popped a core plug out, they should come out before any damage occurs to the block. thats the idea anyway.

 

[darkyGTI-R]

Could be the very bottom small hose as that happened to mine,but as said there are allot of heater hoses behind the block!

 

[GTI-R 300bhp]

did you use a good anti freeze when you did the change then run to circulate?

under the throttle bodies there aremany heater hoses,,,,,,,,

yes i used a gud anti freeze and ran then topped up levels