Water leak from radiator bottom right hand corner or pipe in area

Hi Rich
What your saying it leaks while driving and especially when you shut your car off? the first thing comes to mind is water pump usually they are noticable after shutting off the engine. If you can put a presure test on the system and leave it on at about 14lbs - 18 pounds look for leaks . look at your heater core if you have dranage from the bottom of the chassi, look at the hoses , thermostat housing that is on the water pump you didnt say what Engine you have im sure you will find the leak after running the engine slide a clean peace of card board on the engine and watch for drips you will trace it no problem . Hope its not your head gasket at times head bolts are not really tork right and will devolp a leak.You have aluminum head and cast Iron block head could be warped, Radiator with a small leak hidding behind your AC condensor. All the best maybe you can post your find

thanks Joe

Put a pan under radiator to catch all fluid,open pet **** on bottom corner of radiator and drain , run water or cleaning agent with water thru system. close petcock and fill up with 1/2 water 1/2 antifreeze

Engine size? if it has a leak, that is first priority. There may be bleeder screws at the thermostat housing, and the water by pass pipe. just open them slightly until coolant comes out.

CHECK AROUND WATER PUMP AREA.AND THERMOSTAT HOUSING FOR LEAKS.THE MECHANIC WHO PUT THE WATER PUMP ON MAY FORGOT TO PUT SEALANT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WATER PUMP GASKET CAUSING LEAKS.LOOK AROUND THERMOSTAT HOUSING FOR LEAKING.IF THERMOSTAT SEAL WAS DAMAGE DURING INSTALLATION IT WILL CAUSE LEAKING.IF ALL LOOKS GOOD CHECK FOR COOLANT LEAKS AROUND RADIATOR .CHECK RADIATOR TOP AND BOTTOM HOSES FOR LEAKS AND CHECK HEATER PIPES AND HEATER CORES HOSES FOR LEAKS.IF ALL HOSES GOOD.CHECK FOR LEAKING CORE PLUGS.

That should be the hose and pipes that feed or return coolant from the heater core thru the firewall.

check to see if you have power steering fluid. if your low fill it up. (most cases thats all it is) check around for any leaks or parts to the power steering unit for and damage (hoses, pump, rer, rack and pinion, any seals or such. you might have a leak somewhere. when your looking for leaks fill the res up with power steering fluid. turn the car on. and have someone turn the wheel so get the fluid to build up pressure in the system.

I usually will flush a cooling system when I change radiator fluid every 3-4 years. There are many ways to do this, I frequently will just open the draincock on bottom of radiator, run engine, and allow to drain out with a hose in the radiator to replace. This works better if you pull the thermostat, and it's always nice if you actually drop a hose from bottom of radiator to drain.

Oh, and while running engine and flushing, make sure heater is on full hot to flush the heater core.

It is possible that yoiu crack the engine block. You should be able to see where the water is coming from the engine area, possibly ruined the head gasket only

Sounds like the cooling system light.It's actually a picture of a RADIATOR.I had the light come on in my Stealth also,even though the temp. gauge never got in the "HOT" area.I had my mechanic replace my thermostat and gaskets on my cooling system.Shortly therafter my water pump also started leaking,so I went ahead and did my 60k service(water pump/timing belt/etc.) since the car was at 58k anyways.No more light!!!

Hello **** B. First double check the hose connection for the leak, it can drain to another connection & appear to leak there. Second, yes there is a gasket on the pipe connection to the block. To replace the gasket, park the car in a location for least 5 to 6 hours to cool down mabe longer. Have the gasket replacement, a tube of gasket sealant, 2 gallons of antifreeze, a drain bucket, and a very large rag or rags. Remove the hose, catch the fluid in bucket, remove the pipe, clean the old gasket area, apply gasket sealent, attache gasket, mount the pipe, tighten all mounting bolts a 1/2 to 3/4 turn each until torqued downed evenly, and attache hose. Fill reservoir, with radiator cap off, start engine and add coolant to radiator until full and you see fluid flowing. Apply cap & check for leaks. Easy???????? Good Luck.