coolant leak from front freeze plug

[96Kick]

Does anyone know how to remove the tube from behind the water pump housing that goes beneath the intake. I have a leak in the front freeze plug which is behind that tube on 1.6L 16 V.

[96Kick]

it is a press fit to the pump
its a manifold
the one screw on the bracket to the manifold to the block
take that off (coolant drained)
and the twist it. and it them pulls out, its just an 0-ring there, that is all.

Thanks, will reinstalling it without leaking be a problem?

[96Kick]

well , that depends on reality
o-rings get hard after 19 years, or crack, and if hard, are not soft and flexible enough to seal up.
the pipe can have rust in this spot and , if true, even a new 0-ring cant seal there.
all that matters is what is there, time, age ,rust and contamination at that point.
some guys, just remove it, clean it and RTV it all up, plant it and pray (wait 24hr for the RTV to cure) this pipe has 12PSI pressure.

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Thanks again, new at Suzuki repairs. Is the "O" ring available ?

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And, one more important question. Will removing the manifold give me access to the front freeze plug without taking the intake off?

[fetcher]

Two things:
Anyone have a source for those tubes?
It may not be the freeze plug, it could be block porosity

[fixkick]

only (THE PIPE TUBE) made and sold by SUZUKI
sorry. it not used anywhere else in the world.
for sure not aftermaket ,this car is rare, and getting more rare every day, so nobody wants to invest in that.

[fetcher]

I did not ask the blind to guess what damage is on. Maybe you have chosen to interpret what I wrote that way. I meant to mean that the individual with the leak problem should examine carefully. Depending on where a porosity leak is, it could easily mimic a freeze/casting plug issue. After having that water pump tube out and seeing how thin the metal is, I was worried that it may some day rust through and I would have a hard time fabricating a replacement.

[fixkick]

it will never ever rust on the inside, (paint the outside and it will not either)
times change.
in the USA they took out all the sulfur in the fuel, so the antifeeze mix, does not go acidic every year.
and all rusted ended here.
inside.
it cant rust at ph 7 with inhibitors in mix. buy a new car, drive 5 years, see, no more acid in the antifreeze, the kit to test it is $2.
suzuki may still sell it, get them while still possible after all most the parts on this car are now discontinued.
this car is in he end of life, era.
the part is 177550-60x50


its $78 plus next unborn male child as usual

http://www.suzukicarparts.com/parts/1995...eid=214820

can take weeks to get, from deed deep warehousing, now that they bugged out.

[fixkick]

used on many SE416 suzuki's world wide.

[fixkick]

freeze plugs (core plugs) are metric, and solid in all stores, world wide. (auto stores)