LOSING WATER FAST (HELP) needed

HI all on way home today, temp gauge shot up on my p38 2.5 BMW diesel got home checked coolent it was empty, refilled turned on engine and the water is ****ing out the bottom of the engine round about the sump area. It stops when i turn off the engine. can anyone give me some idea where it is comming from, and if so is it a diy job for the weekend.
many thanks
andy

when i worked at BM they used to be guilty of t/stat housings goin on them, if yer lucky it might jus be that

landy10 said:

when i worked at BM they used to be guilty of t/stat housings goin on them, if yer lucky it might jus be that

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It's the clasic get yer arse in there and look chapy, light and mirror off yer wife if required, where is the water pump on that fooker, grab the pulley and see if the bearings have gone, but there is a tell tale hole on the bottom of them and thats where they leak.

landy10 said:

when i worked at BM they used to be guilty of t/stat housings goin on them, if yer lucky it might jus be that

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Oi landy10 you still got that escort, has it got the vauxhall engine in it. I had one with the lotus in it took it out me mk2 cortina, lovely so it was.

Hell no thats got full scooby runnin gear and a fancy 225 bhp engine

landy10 said:

Hell no thats got full scooby runnin gear and a fancy 225 bhp engine

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Nice

an educated guess would say your lost water is in your footwell !!

bighammerfan said:

an educated guess would say your lost water is in your footwell !!

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Only if ees ****ed imself.

ANDYLEIPER said:

HI all on way home today, temp gauge shot up on my p38 2.5 BMW diesel got home checked coolent it was empty, refilled turned on engine and the water is ****ing out the bottom of the engine round about the sump area. It stops when i turn off the engine. can anyone give me some idea where it is comming from, and if so is it a diy job for the weekend.
many thanks andy

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Hi Andy,

Simply fill up with water, start the car and see where it leaks out. Your game plan can be decided after that. Big leaks are easier to find than small leaks.

As a word of advice, any issue can cause a DDE (deadly domino effect). A coolant system leak is generally not a big bother. However, overheating an engine is. If you see your temps ever spiking again, stop the car, fill it with water and take some with you to get home. Otherwise have it towed. A blown engine is far more serious than a split hose or loose clamp.

P.S. I am new here. I have noticed that people who present problems they are worried about are as often met with ridicule rather than advice or sympathy. Is this common or have I run across a bad day or two?

this is only common as we have all seen the same old faults with a p38. we are surely not ridiculing anyone

if you want ridicule....try ebay forum!! jesus christ they are unrelenting! ha ha

gomog said:

Hi Andy,

Simply fill up with water, start the car and see where it leaks out. Your game plan can be decided after that. Big leaks are easier to find than small leaks.

As a word of advice, any issue can cause a DDE (deadly domino effect). A coolant system leak is generally not a big bother. However, overheating an engine is. If you see your temps ever spiking again, stop the car, fill it with water and take some with you to get home. Otherwise have it towed. A blown engine is far more serious than a split hose or loose clamp.

P.S. I am new here. I have noticed that people who present problems they are worried about are as often met with ridicule rather than advice or sympathy. Is this common or have I run across a bad day or two?

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Fookin deadly dominoes, you must have bin playin with the old codgers down my way.

Oh, dunt put cold water in a hot engine less you want to fook it.

And finally nobody on here intends any harm, tho you might think so, bend wif the wind glasshopper.

david451 said:

Fookin deadly dominoes, you must have bin playin with the old codgers down my way.

Oh, dunt put cold water in a hot engine less you want to fook it.

And finally nobody on here intends any harm, tho you might think so, bend wif the wind glasshopper.

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Excuse me but I still can't figure it out. Is your spelling, the strange aggressivity and the extreme vulgarity a cultural thing? Or is it some sort of code?

its Landyzone - get used to it.

gomog said:

Excuse me but I still can't figure it out. Is your spelling, the strange aggressivity and the extreme vulgarity a cultural thing? Or is it some sort of code?

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see that over there? thats the door . once on the other side you'll find signs pointing towards lruk

The Mad Hat Man said:

its Landyzone - get used to it.

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Thanks for the head's up.

I could as easily get used to Gordon Ramsay teaching a crowd of angry pre-adolescents how to steal alloy wheels.

My interest starts and ends with polite LR mechanics. Off to Google!

gomog said:

My interest starts and ends with polite LR mechanics. Off to Goole!

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dunt go there it's orrible

but bye anyway .......

gomog said:

My interest starts and ends with polite LR mechanics.

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Oooooooooooo, wrong forum.

There's plenty do polite, not any use to anyone, but oh so terribly polite. Then there's LandyZone. A veritable goldmine of honest, in depth technical know how and a fekin good larf thrown in free.

Nope, not for the faint hearted, but sod it, we 'ates them 'round our way.

Oh, bye.

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My interest starts and ends with polite LR mechanics. Off to Google!

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bit limited in yer interests there, not even a hint at pervy porn or beastiality

gomog said:

Excuse me but I still can't figure it out. Is your spelling, the strange aggressivity and the extreme vulgarity a cultural thing? Or is it some sort of code?

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Clip clop clip clop, the deadly dominoes are falling again.

Sometimes sitting about at a desk surrounded by political correctness and H&S festers yer brain and yer manhood.

Yer bought a landie so throw yer shurt and tie in the washin, get the jeans and Tshurt on, and go, and give it loads of aggression, get it all bashed and muddy wiff a bunch of mates who share the same ethos, go and get ****ed afterwards and share your experiences.

Better still take yer wife, find a quiet spot somewhere and give her a good seing to, something different, up against a tree, on the bonnet, on the fookin roof. Never watch indiana jones!! vulgar my arse.

Then come back on here and share them with us.

Even if yer post a load of **** then worst is we take the ****.

Oh and yer can keep the finer details of the wife on the roof thing ter yerself.