954Runner3VZE4X4

Hello, This is my first post. But I have a coolant leak on the back part of my engine. Its a 1995 4Runner v6 3VZE 4x4. Just yesterday I pressured washed the car and under the hood, I also Did a radiator coolant flush and cleaned out a lot of dirty coolant. It was brown. I let the car run for almost 1hr afterwords. But this mourning I found a puddle of coolant that was not there yesterday. I have a video of where I think its coming from. http://youtu.be/mFaIL7LL4V0

My fear is that it is a head gasket, but could it be coming from the gulley of the engine or is there something else back there that leaks? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

bone collector

there are some small coolant hoses in the back of the motor. They are up top and hard to see.

this should help
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...k-3vze-166018/

BMcEL

Search next time...this is a common issue.

rworegon

It took about 30 seconds to search 3.0 coolant leak yielding:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...engine-128345/
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...engine-234226/

and many more.

jeffe

Waaaaaaaaa.....

Just do a search for it!!

Thanks for that tip....

Hey 95, How's it going. I had some issues on the top of my motor also. It seemed some of my coolant lines had become brittle and had some small cracks. Didn't leak all the time so they were hard to spot. Hope that helps....

jeffe

The next guy without a 3.0 will tell you to do an engine swap, much cheaper than replacing a coolant hose......

bone collector

^^^^ thats funny right there. i love my 3vze

BMcEL

Sadly true lol. Love mine too.

TNRabbit

Make your life a LOT easier by removing the hood to troubleshoot this. 4 bolts, 5 minutes.