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nickbain
11-29-2007, 12:20 PM
The other day I noticed that my coolant was low in the car. The engine runs at normal temperature and I havent seen any notacable leaks. The heater seems to blow a little on the cool side but still blows warm air. I am going to pull it in the shop today to take a closer look at it so is there any common areas that I should check first? It's a 2.2 eco BTW.

On a side note I just got raped....30 bux for some dex-cool...gay
[ion] C2
11-29-2007, 12:28 PM
fill it up...

it does get low after a while, mine was slightly low and under accel it triggered the sensor to go off. also something else funny my uncle filled it up and left the cap loosened and my entire coolant tank emptied itself onto the pavement through the relief tube, and engine temps spiked like crazy. bad uncle.
nickbain
11-29-2007, 01:46 PM
mmmmmk I'll just filler up then. I just didn't know if the ecotec had any common issues with it that could cause this *cough*3400 LIMG*cough*......
Mischief007
11-29-2007, 02:18 PM
No cooling issues or gasket issues on the Ecotecs that I have heard of. They seem to run pretty well and only blow up if you turbo a stock engine ;).
[ion] C2
11-29-2007, 02:28 PM
that one dude's runnin 15PSI on j-body on his fully stock Eco 2.2 lol
nickbain
11-29-2007, 03:00 PM
C2;319159']that one dude's runnin 15PSI on j-body on his fully stock Eco 2.2 lol

ummm ya.....time bomb???!!!
[ion] C2
11-29-2007, 04:36 PM
oh he knows that, but it's been tuned better than most and been running for months without problems. i think his forged internals are going in soon, lol. another who just turned up their shit to 15 PSI blew up.. like.. seriously blew apart shit
nickbain
11-29-2007, 06:28 PM
phsssht...I don't need any boost to grenade a motor. Did a 350 in my old truck, it was kinda cool to see the oil spewing from a toonie sized hole in the oil pan. It was coming out pretty quick cause it was sucking air from the hole in the block lol.

Anyways, I checked the coolant again today and it was fine :s so ya I dunno
Mischief007
11-30-2007, 12:24 PM
Mine is a bit low today but the car runs just fine. If anything, the dealer would have said something today when I had the car in for service.