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Coolant leak. Collecting right under air intake.

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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 06:08 PM
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Coolant leak. Collecting right under air intake.

After noticing new drops of coolant, I took off air intake pipe and air filter box. Boom its collected right under. Unfortunately my pressure kid came defective and I wasn't able to hook it up and see where its coming from. While I wait for exchange from amazon, can someone tell me if this looks familiar and where it maybe leaking from???? Picture #3 is from underneath the car where its dripping.
Thank you for your help.



 
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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 06:34 PM
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Looks like its coming from the thermostat housing. Thats where it normally pools up when it starts leaking.
https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2009-...ostat_housing/
https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/r...-lines/HdJ42Or
 
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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by NeonLed
Looks like its coming from the thermostat housing. Thats where it normally pools up when it starts leaking.
https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2009-...ostat_housing/
https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/r...-lines/HdJ42Or

Thats what I thought too .. Looks doable on my own.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2019 | 05:12 AM
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Pretty easy. Hardest part is getting all the hoses off. Do yourself a favor and replace the waterpipe to the pump also. The thermostat connects to it and they tend to fall apart over time also.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2019 | 06:15 AM
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Yep, pooling of the coolant, mine did the same thing: DIYs here:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...hermostat.html

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...rmostat-431267
 
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