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Hi every one, Happy New Year!!! I got big problem with the water temperature on my R32 GTR. it happened today when i went back from city. The water temperature goes up very very fast and up to 110. I didn't doing any crazy drive. Just normal drive on the way back to home. After I park my car and I have a look under the car. its leaking coolon for like about 2 mins. And then I wait for about 20 mins and start the car again. The water temperature goes up very fast to 100. I dont know why and feel really bad now. I'm scare to drive the car again. What I can do now?? Call NRMA or something else??? REalli NEED HELP!!!!!!!!

the leaking water could be from your over flow.. this could be a combo of a blocked radiator and/or blown gasket...

lets just hope its the radiator! as jolinator said .. take it to a mech ... they will be able to test emissions from your radiator to check for blown gasket, and do the rest he said :P

This morining I put water into the radiator, MY GOD! I put in 1 liter water in it, cant believe it how much water that leaking out the day before. But today I left the car the whole day at my place, its realli weird and no leaking at all. And then I took for a drive just now. Its all good and the water temperture go back to normal as 76 - 80. I dont know why, I guess its leaking from the radiator house which is the bottom one. I will still leave it and give it to the mechanic on Monday. T_T no one is working at new years time. Thx for everyone's help. I will post more these days and might have more questions to ask everyone. Thx again!!!!

UPDATE UPDATE!!!!!!

The leaking is happening again last night. It dosen't come out from where the radiator is. It came from beside the transmission and I'm sure its coolant mix with water. Oh My god!!! What's the Problem???? I realli have to give it to the mechanic and fix it. Is that could be the blown gasket or something else? If it is, how much that gonna cost me and how long that could be fixed??? I lend my family car to my friend and they drive it to brisbane, I only got the GTR now. Realli need a car for work. Everyone help! T_T

Leaking down near the transmission!? If its doing that god knows. Sounds to me that a head gasket has gone. Because if it was the water pump and or the radiator it would be leaking from the front of the motor.

Best get it towed. Stop driving it. Take it to your mechanic.

Yeh! I'm stop driving it today. If the head gasket is finished, how much should I pay for it to fix and how long is that gonna be? I just went and jack up the car to have a look again, it is not leaking at the front where the raditor is, its leaking right beside the transmission, I can see the coolant is slowly leaking slowly. Tell me how much gonna be cost to fix if anyone know! Thx! OMG! Hell Day!!!!

relax man

I had the same problem with my car it will hopefully be

a split heater hose as it starts from just above your starter motor

cheap to fix just a pain as you have to pull the starter motor out

to get at it

Hope its nothing worse for you

Hey Iopia, it looks like what u talking about, coz when the leaking happened after these days, when I start the car, here is a noise came from the starting sound. But yeh! I dont know, I'm realli worri about my BNR 32. T_T!!! Hopefully!

Anyway, can u tell me what happened to urs that u talking about the starter motor. Let me know as I can get an idea. Thx!!!

I wouldnt rule out a blown gasket - I can't believe you were still driving it. Unfortunately, if it is the gasket you will probably have to do the whole gasket set (vrs set which is about ~500) but its the labour that will cost (need to take off the head, etc).

So if they do take of the head I'd look at what else to do at same time - cams/cam gears/timing belt/hoses etc.

Have a look in the radiator - is there any oil in it?

Have a look in at your oil - no water?

Hopefully it'll be just a leak - but with Christmas it might be a couple of weeks to get fixed if its a gasket.

But please don't drive it around - you don't want to end up with a warped head.

So fingers crossed its just a split hose.

But its one of the dramas with owning a a 10+ year old performance car.

Cheers,

Geoff

Hey penfold, I have check all around the radiator from the top to the bottom, all the hose and this and that are all good, no leaking around that. Only leaking at right beside the transmisson where is a small thing looks like a oil filter size. I only can see the leaking coolant are all around that small thing, I dont know if that is the start motor or not. But pretty sure its leaking from there. Not crazy leaking, for these 2 days, it leaking about 1 liter. the leaking very very slowly.

Just a question, if its 100% sure about head gasket finished and then leaking, does it come out from the point that I find? I just wounder its not the head gasket kit finished. I'm not driving the car anymore. Leave it unitl the public hoilday finish. T_T Cant realli sleep and work right now. Poor GTR....

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