Strange coolant loss with jacking up engine

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  • E30godz
    E30 Mastermind
    • Oct 2003
    • 1524

    #1

    Strange coolant loss with jacking up engine

    I was replacing my royally fucked engine mounts the other day (they were sheared off the mounts), and to replace them and move the engine i had to jack it pretty high up....well i jacked it up to a point and coolant started leaking down under the transmission???? it looked like it was running from the top of the trans...where could this be coming from? i lowered it back down and the leak stoped...but im afraid to drive it now for fear that i stretched/broke some barrier that will come apart when the pressure is raised in the coolant system.
  • Jordan
    R3V OG
    • Oct 2003
    • 12907

    #2
    the coolant neck on the back of the head.

    you may have broken it, or jammed the hose against the firewall.
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    • E30godz
      E30 Mastermind
      • Oct 2003
      • 1524

      #3
      well if its broken i would assume it would have kept leaking, so i hoped i just jammed it against the firewall....though ive never seen this hose before...can visually see it? or is it hidden from view?

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      • bmwguru007
        E30 Addict
        • Oct 2003
        • 561

        #4
        You may need a flashlight, but you'll be able to see it by looking under your intake manifold.

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        • Kavkazia
          Grease Monkey
          • Oct 2003
          • 394

          #5
          You could have broken that little pipe, if I remember correctly heater core line is running to it. It wasn't going to leak continously because it only leaked whatever coolant was up top.
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