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#1
06-10-2005, 01:21 PM
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Where's that coolant coming from?!?!
He guys,
I was driving home this morning on the freeway and look to see my temperature gauge almost pegged! I pull over expecting a main radiator hose leak, but no. It seems like it is coming out from under my intake manifold on the drivers side it appears. So I proceed to drive 30 miles in 2 hours stopping at every gas station to check water level and to let it cool off. I got it home but now I don't know where to start, I'm thinking of pulling off my intake manifold. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys and gals. Steve
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#2
06-10-2005, 01:33 PM
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The coolant channel for the ECU and temp gauge sending units runs beneath the intake on the driver's side. I'm thinking maybe a heater hose connects under there, too; would have to check.
I'd let it cool and give it a long look before pulling the intake. dcb
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#3
06-10-2005, 02:17 PM
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Yes. It's a metal pipe that carries coolant from one side of the block to the other. Rare to see them leak. Dave
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#4
06-10-2005, 02:39 PM
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Make sure you check the hoses because you can easily miss a pin hole leak that will only show up when it is on the road. I just had that problem and almost missed the leak.
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#5
06-10-2005, 02:49 PM
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dcb
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#6
06-10-2005, 08:28 PM
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hoses are more likely to leak, you've got a lot of coolant flowing on that side of the engine, heater core hoses, tb hoses, iac valve hoses, etc.
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#7
06-10-2005, 08:42 PM
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Heater
Hmmm, when I was doing my 20 mph in the slow lane I had my heater on. It was working intermittently so that could be it. Does anyone know any easy way to access the hoses under the manifold?
Steve
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