My Runner is on life support. Help
#1
My Runner is on life support. Help
So im dirving to work this morning, and traffic ahead starts to slow becasue some ding dong was going to fast and slid off the road. So now im in traffic. No big deal.
I get through the traffic, and start cruising again. I look down at the heat guage, and its almost pegged. So i pull over, crack the hood, and i hear dripping from underneith. Coolant is falling down below. BUT, its not falling from the radiator. I couldnt get underneither to confirm, but it looked like it was comming from the block. I has some coolant so i filled it up and got to work without the gauge budging Blown head gasket? Main seal?
Oh by the way I recently had to replace the radiator cap, due to the gasket wearing out. New gasket, better seal, finds holes in the radiator?
I get through the traffic, and start cruising again. I look down at the heat guage, and its almost pegged. So i pull over, crack the hood, and i hear dripping from underneith. Coolant is falling down below. BUT, its not falling from the radiator. I couldnt get underneither to confirm, but it looked like it was comming from the block. I has some coolant so i filled it up and got to work without the gauge budging Blown head gasket? Main seal?
Oh by the way I recently had to replace the radiator cap, due to the gasket wearing out. New gasket, better seal, finds holes in the radiator?
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theres a couple of places you can loose coolant from "the block" but not have a real engine problem.
there is a coolant hose that comes off the waterpump/thermostate houseing and runs to the oil cooler on the drivers side (visiable via the fender well) (if you have one)
There are about a 4 hoses on the back of the motor that run to and from the heater core. Were they connect to the engine at the "water by pass" at the very back of the motor. because of the heat back there the hoses have a tendancy to rot off. Least mine did and cause me fits for the longest time till i finally figured it out.
there is a coolant hose that comes off the waterpump/thermostate houseing and runs to the oil cooler on the drivers side (visiable via the fender well) (if you have one)
There are about a 4 hoses on the back of the motor that run to and from the heater core. Were they connect to the engine at the "water by pass" at the very back of the motor. because of the heat back there the hoses have a tendancy to rot off. Least mine did and cause me fits for the longest time till i finally figured it out.
Last edited by snap-on; Dec 12, 2005 at 07:39 AM.
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