engine coolant leakage

[curiouskb]

My Volvo D6 with around 700 hours sounded low coolant warning on the port engine. Visual inspection showed droplets of coolant liquid dripping very slowly at the base of the turbo and I suspect gasket leakage of the turbo connection. I am no mechanic and wonder if this is a common problem and easily fixed ? Any advice appreciated.

 

[RichardS]

You're possibly better advised to post this on the motorboat forum and there will be more experience of turbos over there. However, if it's simply a leaking gasket it probably will be easy to fix although if you have no engineering experience I would certainly get a second opinion before starting to dismantle anything.

Richard

 

[VicS]

My Volvo D6 with around 700 hours sounded low coolant warning on the port engine. Visual inspection showed droplets of coolant liquid dripping very slowly at the base of the turbo and I suspect gasket leakage of the turbo connection. I am no mechanic and wonder if this is a common problem and easily fixed ? Any advice appreciated.

I suspect that if coolant is drippimg from the turbo the main concern will be where is it coming from and how is it getting into the turbo

 

[RichardS]

I suspect that if coolant is drippimg from the turbo the main concern will be where is it coming from and how is it getting into the turbo

I was assuming that the turbo is water cooled like those in Subaru's so water might well be dripping off it if a gasket has failed .... but I'm the opposite of a turbofan. :ambivalence:

Richard

 

[VicS]

I was assuming that the turbo is water cooled :ambivalence:

Richard

You may be right. I was looking for hoses but it is probably cooled via direct connections with the exhaust manifold.