Leaking Coolant
Well the other day i went to start my car and let it warm up and realized it wasn't warming so i came here for help and put coolant in it... now this morning i went and there was no heat again so i put even more coolant in cause it was and today after driving to work i heard a hissing sound coming from under the hood so i looked and it was coming from right below the throttle body so maybe i have a leak in between my Manifolds?
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sounds like LIMG (leaking intake manifold gasket) have you does a pressure test. is the coolant milky.
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To be honest i never see any coolant leaking :S nor is there any puddles
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a hissing sound may be a vacuum leak. if your car is eating coolant but it's not showing up outside the engine, it's probably leaking internally.
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check your coolant for anything but nice clear orange color.
check your oil for brown milky substance like a milkshake color. check oil for being overfilled. check your exhaust for excessive smoke/steam while running do you smell coolant once your engine is hot? |
i would probably say limg as well... would it be possible that the gasket is bad enough to cause a vacuum leak there? that would also account for the hiss. how many miles are on your engine? and ^ what he said about all the oil checks, that will tell the story.
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well my mom put oil in my car while i was at work and overfilled it so my dad drained some and if there was a problem there he would have told me but her also said limg so ill get a new gasket and find this leak
OH! and its burning oil like crazy |
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if your not looking for a problem you might miss a problem. also... oil burning is not a good sign. what makes you think its burning and not leaking? burning oil is when oil goes through the combustion chamber and out the tail pipe. a leak is an external oil leak that can get on the engine and smell like burning oil. theres a big difference between the two. LIMG can cause both a coolant leak (internal and external) and an oil leak. |
Then im sold its a LIMG and ill order one today
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I also think it's a LIM gasket. Mine also leaked externally and I could idle the engine and watch it leak.
What year and how many miles on it? I think I broke (probably more like shattered) a record here by finding my leak at around 26K miles. You probably have close to 100K miles like everyone else. |
Well i found a gasket set for head gasket and all gaskets up for 220 good deal?
was thinking i should do them all before something worse happens.. my friend was telling me my water pump too? its only 30 bucks and when i give mine back i get 30bucks back so why not? |
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