GavinMcKay

I was driving one day when suddenly tons of steam started coming from my engine bay. I pulled over and after a couple of minutes it stopped. I checked and sure enough my coolant was bone dry. I got it towed home, and put some water in it to find where the leak was at, and it like instantly poured out. I finally narrowed down the spot which it was coming from to here:



I believe that it is one of the coolant lines for the turbo. Can anyone confirm this and give me some advice on how to fix it?

Dj530

That coolant hose failure is common. Your only decision now, is do you want to do this job once, or twice. The other hose will fail as well. . . . . Then the oil hoses will fail. I repair these alot and stock replacement ones for the smart people who decide to replace them all at the same time. Not sure of your Mechanical aptitude, but it is possible to change that hose without removing the turbo. Or you can do a turbo upgrade (if you haven't already), and change all the hoses while you're at it.

Here is a picture of the coolant hose on the rear turbo.

This is the location of the bolt for the coolant line where it is secured to the block.