R129 SL280 water leaking from engine bay

olivier_wery

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Hi all,

Yesterday I came home for a 1 week trip in brittany, and upon arriving home, noticed some water coming out of engine bay.

Any idea what this could be due to? Overheating? running the car too hard (tough temperature gauge stayed at 80 degrees the whole time...) or more worryingly the headgasket leaking????

Thanks and regards

Olivier
 

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Best thing to do Oliver is to run the engine up to working temp and look,, the water pumps are prone to leaks,, put a finger under the pump to see if it is wet (engine off when doing that)
 

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If its towards the rear of the engine compartment it might be condensation draining from the air conditioning?? Otherwise water pump as Malcolm says-they are prone to leak.
 

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