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Hellfire5670 12-04-2011 02:38 AM

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?

JLw7123 12-04-2011 10:41 AM

sounds like LIMG (leaking intake manifold gasket) have you does a pressure test. is the coolant milky.

Hellfire5670 12-04-2011 03:39 PM

To be honest i never see any coolant leaking :S nor is there any puddles

mastershake 12-04-2011 03:46 PM

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.

a.graham52 12-05-2011 07:15 AM

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?

Papa Rad17 12-05-2011 08:58 AM

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.

Hellfire5670 12-05-2011 12:35 PM

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

a.graham52 12-05-2011 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellfire5670 (Post 603168)
if there was a problem there he would have told me

OH! and its burning oil like crazy


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.

Hellfire5670 12-06-2011 10:47 AM

Then im sold its a LIMG and ill order one today

zzyzzx 12-06-2011 12:47 PM

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.

Hellfire5670 12-07-2011 08:28 PM

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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