Early last week I noticed a lack of coolant so I added some. I hadn't noticed any puddles on the ground and checked under the hood, but couldn't see any leaks.
Arriving at work on Friday, I noticed a fast drip coming off of the bell housing. The coolant was low when I left work, so I added some before I drove home. When I got home, it was not only dripping out the bottom, but was sizzling as coolant was dripping onto the exhaust. The engine temperature was still fine driving home however.
This morning I added a little more coolant and started it up. I removed the rear exhaust insulator from the manifold to get a better look at where the leak is. I was able to snap a few pics (though almost got a good amount of coolant in the eye in the process).
This is the view from the top. It's the back of the engine.
This is the view from underneath. You can see where it had been oozing out, but is now clearly shooting out.
Anyone know what would cause a leak in the location? Is it just a bad gasket, or is it a cracked head? This engine was rebuild at 124,000 miles and has a 24,000 warranty (it currently is at 147,600 phew).
This is my first landcruiser and I have really not been impressed. I bought this thing figuring that the terrible gas mileage would be made up for in reliability. I ablsolutely destroyed the 4runner I had in high school and it still runs fine (though I don't own it). The PM I did on that thing consisted of cutting of the bumper valence. The cruiser, on the other hand, I have done a lot of work on and it has been a pain in the ass.
Arriving at work on Friday, I noticed a fast drip coming off of the bell housing. The coolant was low when I left work, so I added some before I drove home. When I got home, it was not only dripping out the bottom, but was sizzling as coolant was dripping onto the exhaust. The engine temperature was still fine driving home however.
This morning I added a little more coolant and started it up. I removed the rear exhaust insulator from the manifold to get a better look at where the leak is. I was able to snap a few pics (though almost got a good amount of coolant in the eye in the process).
This is the view from the top. It's the back of the engine.
This is the view from underneath. You can see where it had been oozing out, but is now clearly shooting out.
Anyone know what would cause a leak in the location? Is it just a bad gasket, or is it a cracked head? This engine was rebuild at 124,000 miles and has a 24,000 warranty (it currently is at 147,600 phew).
This is my first landcruiser and I have really not been impressed. I bought this thing figuring that the terrible gas mileage would be made up for in reliability. I ablsolutely destroyed the 4runner I had in high school and it still runs fine (though I don't own it). The PM I did on that thing consisted of cutting of the bumper valence. The cruiser, on the other hand, I have done a lot of work on and it has been a pain in the ass.