coolant dripping down passenger side exhaust manifold? (Phase 1 EJ22E)

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Taiden

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So I woke up this morning to rinse all the mud off the bottom of my car, and as I was down there I noticed that the dripping of the hose water off the passenger side exhaust manifold was a light green.

I checked the radiator cap and I wasn't down any coolant

I checked my overflow bottle and it was right above the 'low' line and it's cold

I had filled the bottle to the high line when hot about two months ago

Anyone got ideas? A quick check shows that I can't really find anything that would leak onto the passenger side manifold...

 
external HG leak on a phase 1 22e is highly unlikely. Check all the hoses in the area of the TB, and where they meet the crossover pipe. most likely its coolant leaking onto that side of the block, then running down the block/head. I have a coolant pressure tester if you cant find it.

 
I don't think it's the headgasket. I haven't had any telltale headgasket signs yet and methinks that if coolant were DRIPPING out it would manifest itself elsewhere.

Mikey I'll check that... thanks for the ideas. I'll try to get by without the coolant pressure tester but if I do decide to go that route I'll PM you.

Thanks all

 
theres not much in the way of coolant on that side of the motor on the early cars. its either the throttle body as mikey said, and you'll see/smell a big ass puddle of coolant on the top of your block, or its the headgasket.

 
as fans run, it makes a way to the right...

check the little hole under (or on top) the water pump, it may be elusively that simple. To catch that one being normal in the fall or spring metal changes...and it could do it for decades, perfectly healing. I like it if it does it... there is ethanolic crappers that gain in the coolant side...they gotta go somewhere.

this is the "lucky error" I mention.
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