TK5150

Guys I have a strange issue.....

At the top of my engine at the rear of the intake the valley
collects a small puddle of antifreeze. The truck runs like a top
and runs cool no issues. It does not lose allot of coolent but
coolent on the outside of a engine is never good.

It is a 86 4runner with 209,000 on it.

I am attaching picture to illustrate

any ideals?

Thanks

yayfortrees

Wash the entire area in question, let it dry completely, then start it up and start looking for the leak. Have a good flashlight and a mechanics mirror for the inspection, you'll probably need them.

Once the leak has been found, fix it!

Good luck, and welcome to YT!

mightymouse

iTrader: (6)

If i'm looking at it correctly (hard to tell from the pic) and assuming it's a 22re by the pic as well. You have one of a few spots there that could leak. Looks like the intake there and the lower half at that so my guess is either some one changed the t-stat out and didn't clean up the area or it's leaking from there. Other option is you have a intake manifold leak. The t-stat is the best option since it's easy to access but if it turns out to be the lower intake gasket not a big deal as well. Like yayfortees said clean it up and then check for leaks. Just my 2 cents hope it helped