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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: wildrover on October 22, 2011, 06:21:27 PM

Title: HIDDEN HOSE LEAK.... how do i get to it...?
Post by: wildrover on October 22, 2011, 06:21:27 PM

I have a Cherokee mk 2 1997 vintage , equipped with the devils own creation , the 2.5 diesal VM engine...

A few days ago it spat all its water out somewhere under the drivers side of the engine...

Apparently there is a hose running from somewhere near the oil cooler , and seems to be leaking from there...?

I can,t even touch the hose , let alone see it , can anyone inflicted by a similar engine give me a clue what bits i have to remove to get at this hose...?

Title: Re: HIDDEN HOSE LEAK.... how do i get to it...?
Post by: Bubba on October 22, 2011, 09:17:07 PM

petrol is your friend

Title: Re: HIDDEN HOSE LEAK.... how do i get to it...?
Post by: wildrover on October 22, 2011, 10:08:24 PM

Yes...  i have thought about setting fire to it a few times...but i have just put new springs and new driveshaft uj,s on it...

But i will sell it as soon as its running again...

And yes...i am buying a Petrol Grand Cherokee next time...

Title: Re: HIDDEN HOSE LEAK.... how do i get to it...?
Post by: Warthog on October 23, 2011, 12:29:10 AM

Asuming its from the heater matrix or hose's in the dash?

A few pictures of the job ahead :hysterical: :banghead:

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(https://birtydastards.com/frm/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv11%2FTenbulls%2FDSC00903.jpg&hash=6f29b1cf39a915fab30d33b8540865f39604b522)

(https://birtydastards.com/frm/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv11%2FTenbulls%2FDSC00912.jpg&hash=d419ec78a509c3bb079434759338f4daf74ef3d7)

Matrix
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Title: Re: HIDDEN HOSE LEAK.... how do i get to it...?
Post by: wildrover on October 23, 2011, 12:41:24 AM

Eeeek..don,t be scaring me with those nasty pictures...

I am pretty sure its not coming from the heater , the water was running down on the drivers side , the opposite side to the heater....

My Polish mechanic friend had a look when it was on his ramp and like me he thinks its coming from a hose near the oil cooler , hidden behind the water pump , and under the turbo pipes...

you can,t even see the hose from the top of the engine , or from the bottom , so i guess i will just have to remove bits till i can get at it...

I didn,t even know there was a water hose around that area....  untill it peed all over the road...

Title: Re: HIDDEN HOSE LEAK.... how do i get to it...?
Post by: daggie on October 23, 2011, 06:31:31 AM

yep surgery is required :003:
if I remember they may be heater hoses