UH OH Coolant Leak...
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UH OH Coolant Leak...
Please somebody tell me this isn't what it looks like...
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Basically what I found
This is the passenger side rearmost outer headbolt.
I'm leaking coolant fairly quickly, enough to drip on the ground when I park for a few minutes. The trail of the leak starts above the head gasket (which I just replaced) so I thought it was a hose or something, so I stuck a camera down where the exhaust manifold obstructs the view from above and find... a headbolt with coolant coming out from under it!! Now, the pool looks like it's got more coolant bubbling up into it, but then again it could just be the vibration from the engine. Please someone tell me that my bran spankin reman'd head isn't cracked...
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http://picasaweb.google.com/flashkl/Leak
Basically what I found
This is the passenger side rearmost outer headbolt.
I'm leaking coolant fairly quickly, enough to drip on the ground when I park for a few minutes. The trail of the leak starts above the head gasket (which I just replaced) so I thought it was a hose or something, so I stuck a camera down where the exhaust manifold obstructs the view from above and find... a headbolt with coolant coming out from under it!! Now, the pool looks like it's got more coolant bubbling up into it, but then again it could just be the vibration from the engine. Please someone tell me that my bran spankin reman'd head isn't cracked...
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well.. it don't look good man. Did you have a shop replace the heads? if so, looks like a warranty issue. Maybe the head gasket is comprimised by the bolt and its leakin up and into the bolt hole. I'm pretty sure there's no coolant hoses in that area. Good luck man.
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Arrrrghh well I don't see how that could have happened... but it was a DIY job... the reman head's under warrranty, my labor isn't...
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Well, I don't have the time or money right now to redo the job, and the leak is slow enough that I'm only losing about half the overflow reservoir a week, so I should be OK for the time being. I need to drive 9 hours up to Vermont come August so hopefully it'll hold up. Once I'm up there, I can pursue options i.e. a 3.4 swap (hopefully).
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Just clean the area real good with some brake parts cleaner or something like that and start checking to see if you see the leak from up above the head bolt some where.
I might have missed it but did a shop do the work, if so take it back to them if they did.
totally sucks dude.
I might have missed it but did a shop do the work, if so take it back to them if they did.
totally sucks dude.
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X2. don't freak out until you have located EXACTLY where the leak is coming from. there are a bunch fo small coolant hoses on the rear of the intake, could be one of them. Do NOT pour any stop leak or anything like that into your radiator.
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I don't like them either, I have had to clean up the mess of PO when after having the car for a few months. I have heard other success stories though...
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Yeah, I tried Bars stopleak when I found out originally that my HG was leaking. Didn't clog anything, but didn't fix anything either. All I know is I'm not doing another HG job on this motor if I can help it. I'm seriously considering some sort of an engine swap down the road, I just need this to get me to Vermont in August. As for pinpointing the leak, I will on my next day off. I'm still half hoping that there's something dripping from above...
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