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Volvo 850 Repair Question


Topics covered: Coolant, Water pump, Cooling system.
Mileage: No information provided.

Asked on November 28, 2007

Coolant in Turbocharger

Volvo 850 Turbo, 1994, 112,000, 2.3L; The water pump on the car went out while driving on the freeway, after replacing the water pump I began to refill the cooling system with coolant. Coolant ran out of the back of the engine. I traced the leak to the turbo charger, when I pulled it off coolant ran out of the chamber on the exhast side, there was no evidence of coolant in the exhaust system. Why would I have coolant inside the turbocharger? I tried to donate but the link did not work.
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Replied on November 29, 2007

Coolant is used to kep it cool, maybe it has a small hole inside that is letting it in. Sounds like a fairly rare problem. Try plugging one side of the turbo at the coolant line and lightly pressurize the other and see if it holds

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