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[vrba]

passanger side (yours driver side) plugwhell's full of coolant, in first two (counting from back to the front of car) very little and the third was top full of it, what can it be?

[Richard A]

First check for a water leak at the join of the two pieces of the black plastic scuttle, which is just above No 6 plug, or could be from around the wiper foam rubber washer.
regards
richard a

[ians]

Do you mean the one at the front is full?

[Richard A]

Sorry I thought it was No 6 ie looking from the front to the back of the car, the last one at the back on the passenger side  
regards
richard a

[vrba]

the first one on the left if you are standing in front of the car, it is coolant

[feeutfo]

some clarification i think, do you mean you have pulled the ht plug lead out and found coolent in around the spark plugs? If so is there any sign of coolent sprayed on the cam cover, from the hbv perhaps or split pipe?

Or do you mean you removed a spark plug and found water in the cylinders? Is the car running ok?
Is there mayo/coolent in the oil/on the dip stick.
I presume the coolent level is low?

[vrba]

i remowede the leads cause my car was runing lumpy and found coolant around plug, like when cam cower seal is broken and leaking oil but this time coolant in there. i found traces of liquid on cam cover and it was droping from that spounge on back uper side (that thing that is protecting engine frome outer influences). it's hard to explain to me cause dont know all the english terms. the black spounge part was soaking wet. its located yust over the plenum on the back uper side and stretching acros it.  :-/

[feeutfo]

sounds like heater bypass valve (hbv) or a coolent pipe has blown or split and is spraying coolent around the engine bay.

I think you are talking about the scuttle, the bit of black plastic between the windscreen and engine bay that surrounds the windscreen wiper spindles?
It has black sponge on the under side and is above the hbv.

[RobG]

Cracked inlet manifold :question Leaking inlet manifold gasket :question Any core plugs in the vicinity of the plug wells (not sure on the V6) :question

[vrba]

was loking the pipes with engine runing and didn't see no leak, what is inlet mainfold

[RobG]

was loking the pipes with engine runing and didn't see no leak, what is inlet mainfold

Picture of inlet manifold here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1229464812

[RobG]

i remowede the leads cause my car was runing lumpy and found coolant around plug, like when cam cower seal is broken and leaking oil but this time coolant in there. i found traces of liquid on cam cover and it was droping from that spounge on back uper side (that thing that is protecting engine frome outer influences). it's hard to explain to me cause dont know all the english terms. the black spounge part was soaking wet. its located yust over the plenum on the back uper side and stretching acros it.  :-/

That could be windscreen seal leaking

[vrba]

don't know but i have yelow coolant (not red) and yellow water was in plug whell. and having little coolant loss from the begining

[feeutfo]

was loking the pipes with engine runing and didn't see no leak, what is inlet mainfold

Inlet manifold is the casting with injectors and fuel rail that connects the plenum to the block.( plenum is casting on top of engine with "eco tec" written on it).
 I am fairly sure there are no coolent pipes to the manifold,but there is a coolent pipe to the plenum. It enters by the throttle body iirc. Can anyone confirm? Maybe thats leaking, but would expect that to be visible when revving the engine from the engine bay. And would that soak the foam/sponge on the scuttle?

In diagnosing this, remember the hbv can leak when certain heater settings are selected or when the engine is off or on with heater on or off depending. By that i mean, it may not leak when you look at it, but will leak when driveing. Is it wet to the touch?

[vrba]

yes, when i squeeze it there is coming white water from it  :-/ and its leaking directly on cam cover, from where that water is coming on spounge i dont know. before i didn't have that problem. i repaired oil in plug whealls and now i have water in it