I don't know if this is normal, but after driving my car, I turn off the engine and I can hear water trickling somewhere. It sounds like it is inside the engine. I did not have the A/C on and so there would be any water produced from that. I am not sure if the sound was present before I had my timing belt and water pump replaced yesterday. Anyone have any ideas? I didnt notice any adverse engine performance or overheating (overheating is hard to tell, today was like upper 70s F). What could be the cause of the water sound? Thanks in advance.

 

Are you losing coolant?

Does the oil look like chocolate milk?


It is probably oil draining down.

 

there is probably air in the cooling system. bleed the system of air and see if the sound is still there.

 

its just the coolant and oil draining down through the motor... everything gets pumped to the top when its running, so when you shut it off it will all drain back down.

 

Does this happen immediatly after you shut the car off? I had the same sound in my 240SX, turned out it was coolant bubbling into my overflow tank.