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water leaking through exhuast

Post by ahjosh »

My pagero has water leaking out the exhuast from the radiator at a fair rate...would it be a head gasket and how much to fix?...still runs but is very slugish
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Post by macca81 »

its comming outa the rad via the exhaust? how do you know its from the rad, and how much is 'at a fair rate'?
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Post by ahjosh »

macca81 wrote:its comming outa the rad via the exhaust? how do you know its from the rad, and how much is 'at a fair rate'?
cus it is draining the radiator and its comin out quick....their is water under the engine half way down the car near the car and out the back of the exhuast
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Post by ajsr »

could be a cracked head
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Post by JWB »

ajsr wrote:could be a cracked head
Could also possibly just be a welsh plug?

Dose it start up 1st time with a notable miss ??
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Post by ahjosh »

JWB wrote:
ajsr wrote:could be a cracked head
Could also possibly just be a welsh plug?

Dose it start up 1st time with a notable miss ??
some times it has a cloging sound before it starts but starts quickly
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Post by SIMMO84 »

like the others said it could be a cracked head, most likely the gasket get it fixed before u bend a con rod from the water in the cylinder dont know wat motor you got diesel engins usually have less crap hanging off them so labour would be cheaper if it is a gasket.
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Post by Guy »

I have had this happen ages ago on a gemini was a buggered head gasket from memory
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Post by mavzilla »

its a v6 then its water running through the valley from the water pump guarenteed
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Post by ahjosh »

mavzilla wrote:its a v6 then its water running through the valley from the water pump guarenteed
big job?...how much to fix what do i need?....its the 3 or 3.6 litre v6
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Post by mavzilla »

if only that damage and no head gasket ya probly lookin$500-$700 bucks i guess
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