Ok, my car's been down for weeks now. I was waiting on a Sheptrans 5 spd stage 2 and a stage 3 T-case. I drop the stock drivetrain and my buddy notices 3 cracks in my clutch hub. So then I order a 6 puck. I finally get that in and I'm ready to get my wrench on.

My buddy and I got everything in to the car this afternoon and I thought I would be wasting gas all night but noticed a coolant leak dripping from my LICP/turbo area. When I dropped everything to get to the clutch and p-plate I noticed dry coolant on the LICP. My assessment was that the leak was tiny from the looks of it. I also immediately thought it was the outbound coolant line. Not so much...

It's coming from the coolant line leaving the head and going inbound to the turbo. It's a stainless line that came with my AMS 3076.

Here's what I would like to know and, mind you, I plan on calling AMS and getting the info on that part. However, is there a better option out there? Obviously, there's something wrong with this line and if there's another option that's proven to be more durable/reliable, well, I'd like to know if that's a possibility.

Help a ninja out. Thanks beforehand.

 

So now I'm thinking the line isn't a coolant line. Is it a oil line? I can't figure it out because if it is and there's coolant in it then I'd be blowing some white exhaust out right?

Here's pics:

 

not necessarily a coolant line, but it could be one of the crush washers for the banjo fitting for the coolant line could be leaking.

 

The line location you're showing is the banjo bolt on the right side of the head, which is the oil feed line. SS lines don't typically leak in the middle, where you show the line going under the radiator hose. I'd suspect that the crush washers at the banjo bolt should be checked and the bolt checked for torque. It probably is running down the outside bottom of the line from the connection to the area where it's dripping.

 

Careful when torqing those banjo bolts. Mine snapped on me one time. The service manual says 12 ft lbs for the top. I decided it wasn't tight enough so I went alittle more. Didn't take much to snap lol.