So umm... WTF? EA82 Help

[BigAl]

Well I haven't gotten around to an intro thread yet but have been lurking around soaking things in. New to the EA82, but by no means a noob to Subes. Long story short, I was finishing some tinkering on my '88 GL (SPFI, 5 spd, D/R, no A/C) and had a friend fire it up while I was still under the hood. When it was cranking I noticed a spurt of coolant that shot up about 4-5 inches hitting the intake pipe. When she fired the coolant disappeared back into its little hole and never peeked up again the whole time the engine was running, so I can only assume this isn't a pressurized jacket. I have attached a pic for reference. This is consistent with every time i start the car, but again, it always settles back down when its running. So my question is, what is it and can i plug it ? The coolant it spits up collects by the front left plug and I don't want to have to clean it after every start. This picture is taken standing next to the passenger fender at the airbox looking towards the driver side. Thanks in advance.

 

Edited February 26, 2009 by BigAl
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[The Beast I Drive]

If the hole has threads in it, find a bolt that fits and put some RTV silicone on it and stick it in there. To me it looks like a boss that some kind of bracket was supposed to bolt to, and someone may have put too long a bolt in there and it penetrated the waterjacket.

-Bill

[GeneralDisorder]

Yeah - that's totally bizzare. That's just a threaded boss on all the EA82's I have. Nothing mounted there either. I'm going to say casting defect, cracked head, or as the previous poster asserted an improper bolt installation.

 

GD

[4WDFrenzy]

If I'm not mistaken, don't the older Subarus have an air bleeder valve for the cooling system somewhere? You will have to pardon me because I have been away from mine for almost 4 years, but if they do, could it be possible that this is the location where it is supposed to be installed?

 

Patrick