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benjamminfla · 03-08-2017, 04:22 PM

Does anyone recognize what this dripping port is for/ what should be at the end of it? I parked the car today (left it running as I was waiting to pick someone up) and all of a sudden there was the familiar smell of coolant, and subsequent leakage on the ground (a lot). After taking care of business, I came back to do some investigating.

Findings:
-my coolant cap has coolant around it and is (if I'm not mistaken) the original with last digits of 00

-coolant tank looks OK (not super yellow, no coolant under trunk carpet)

-when I poured water into the coolant tank, since I was pretty sure almost all the coolant came out, I found it dripping here (see pic)

I'm not familiar enough to know what should be there or what it should look like, but to me, it looks like there's a hose or something missing.

Thanks for helping. (First Porsche I've owned, and only had it a month or so)

-Ben

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03-08-2017, 04:22 PM	#1
benjamminfla Registered User Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 30	Coolant system woes (first issue after buying car) Does anyone recognize what this dripping port is for/ what should be at the end of it? I parked the car today (left it running as I was waiting to pick someone up) and all of a sudden there was the familiar smell of coolant, and subsequent leakage on the ground (a lot). After taking care of business, I came back to do some investigating. Findings: -my coolant cap has coolant around it and is (if I'm not mistaken) the original with last digits of 00 -coolant tank looks OK (not super yellow, no coolant under trunk carpet) -when I poured water into the coolant tank, since I was pretty sure almost all the coolant came out, I found it dripping here (see pic) I'm not familiar enough to know what should be there or what it should look like, but to me, it looks like there's a hose or something missing. Thanks for helping. (First Porsche I've owned, and only had it a month or so) -Ben Sent from my LGLS775 using Tapatalk Last edited by benjamminfla; 03-08-2017 at 05:40 PM.