Water leak?

[milleplod]

Evening all.

My wife has a '99 996 Cabrio. I noticed the other day what I thought was an oil leak, the oil dropping to the left of the car at the rear (when viewed from behind) directly under the exhaust tip.

Further investigation reveals it to be water that's picked up dirt on its way through the engine bay (hence my thinking it was oil).

I've looked under the engine cover, and can see dampness high on the left hand side - there's quite a few pipes up there around the expansion tank area, but I can't work out just where the water's coming from. Any ideas anyone....what lurks up there?! :rolleyes:

Pete

[vette67]

Hey Pete

This sounds like one of the known issues with the '99 996 where there are problems with the expansion tank. Use the search function to verify or eliminate.

Jeff

Evening all.

My wife has a '99 996 Cabrio. I noticed the other day what I thought was an oil leak, the oil dropping to the left of the car at the rear (when viewed from behind) directly under the exhaust tip.

Further investigation reveals it to be water that's picked up dirt on its way through the engine bay (hence my thinking it was oil).

I've looked under the engine cover, and can see dampness high on the left hand side - there's quite a few pipes up there around the expansion tank area, but I can't work out just where the water's coming from. Any ideas anyone....what lurks up there?! :rolleyes:

Pete

[milleplod]

Thanks for that Jeff. Its definitely the expansion tank, so one's on order.

Pete