Hi All, the water-temp gage was reading 190 and the oil temp was higher than normal. Parked the car and had a massive coolant leak coming from the mid bottom, not the rear. Coolant level very low. Assuming to there is a line rupture from the front radiators or bleeder valve not a water pump or reservior issues, leak is not coming from the rear. No pictictures available. HELP...

 

So what kind of "help" are you asking for? Sounds like you already identified the problem - dealer visit should figure it out for you.

 

Mine burst from under the pasenger side its kinda like a elbow looking pipe and the factory clamp breaks and you get the leak.

 

Remove the plastic undercarriage cover and you should be able to find the leak. Just like mentioned above I will look for that elbow.

 

Thanks for the replies. Hopefully it is the elbow rather than the heater core.

 

I doubt the heater core or the rad my vote says the elbow. That damn elbow failed on me twice both times complete flush of my coolent on the floor. I noticed it happend when i pushed the car really hard but then again i asked my indi if it was from the presure that the elbow or clamp gave he said no i guess its another porsche fail lol

 

How many miles when the elbow failed?

Thx

 

I got 37k miles all from me. I would say failed once in the late 20k miles and the second time around @32k its such a simple fix to. First time i thought it was the rad or somthing but after pulling the plastic tray off i was happy to see just the elbow disconnected.

 

you may also check the coolant cap. sometimes the seal gets old and a new cap fixes the problem.

 

I had a crack at the intake to the coolant overflow tank. Pretty big spill on a hot day. Consider a preemptive water pump replacement while you are in there for repairs. It's another known failure item.

 

The waterfall is coming from the front half of the vehicle, no coolant loss from the rear so reservoir, cap and water pump are functioning fine, thanks for the diagnostic. This was not a slow leak, but a dump of 4 liters of coolant. Dropped the vehicle off this morning and they will not be able to repair it for three days...all this for a $5 part...

 

Was it the elbow???

 

Do not know if it is the elbow as they will not look at it until Thursday. Hopefully it is and all roads lead to a clamp or line failure of some sort based on the location and volume. The vehicle has 42,000 mile on the clock. Would not want this to happen on a long distance trip or on the track, motor would be cooked.

 

Goodluck hope its that dam elbow!

 

Anyone else had this problem?

Mine has 65k and so far so good. I wonder if this should be an item worth replacing.