Huge coolant leak now, please help!!
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Huge coolant leak now, please help!!
Upon first start up my engine overheated due to lack of coolant in the motor.. It didn't get to the red zone on the gauge but pretty close before I noticed and shut it off.. Now there is a massive coolant leak near the back of the passenger side head.. I can't see exactly where but it POURS out. Would a head gasket cause this?! or is it something else??
Thanks to those who answered my previous questions.
Thanks to those who answered my previous questions.
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Could be the pump but they leak out the weep hole befor they go bad. Sounds like u got a tone of air in the system. Try this
Take th top hose off the water pump then use a smaller rubber hose connect it to the water pump facing up pour water in it untill it wont take any more. Now the block is full of water. Re attach the hose from the radiator and fill while the car is off. Then turn your heater on full blast and start the car. While the car is running watch the water level in the radaitor as soon as it starts to go down fill it untill it is at the operating temp and watch while the car is running it shouldent over heat. You will see some small bubbles coming out the fill on the radiator when they pretty much go away replace the wateer cap. Now while the car is still running check the reserve tank and fill untill it says full hot.
Take th top hose off the water pump then use a smaller rubber hose connect it to the water pump facing up pour water in it untill it wont take any more. Now the block is full of water. Re attach the hose from the radiator and fill while the car is off. Then turn your heater on full blast and start the car. While the car is running watch the water level in the radaitor as soon as it starts to go down fill it untill it is at the operating temp and watch while the car is running it shouldent over heat. You will see some small bubbles coming out the fill on the radiator when they pretty much go away replace the wateer cap. Now while the car is still running check the reserve tank and fill untill it says full hot.
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Could be the pump but they leak out the weep hole befor they go bad. Sounds like u got a tone of air in the system. Try this
Take th top hose off the water pump then use a smaller rubber hose connect it to the water pump facing up pour water in it untill it wont take any more. Now the block is full of water. Re attach the hose from the radiator and fill while the car is off. Then turn your heater on full blast and start the car. While the car is running watch the water level in the radaitor as soon as it starts to go down fill it untill it is at the operating temp and watch while the car is running it shouldent over heat. You will see some small bubbles coming out the fill on the radiator when they pretty much go away replace the wateer cap. Now while the car is still running check the reserve tank and fill untill it says full hot.
Take th top hose off the water pump then use a smaller rubber hose connect it to the water pump facing up pour water in it untill it wont take any more. Now the block is full of water. Re attach the hose from the radiator and fill while the car is off. Then turn your heater on full blast and start the car. While the car is running watch the water level in the radaitor as soon as it starts to go down fill it untill it is at the operating temp and watch while the car is running it shouldent over heat. You will see some small bubbles coming out the fill on the radiator when they pretty much go away replace the wateer cap. Now while the car is still running check the reserve tank and fill untill it says full hot.
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Or just top it off, start the engine with the radiator cap off, then while its heating up rapidly squeeze the upper and lower radiator hoses. That works the coolant through the system and pushes the air past the t-stat so the coolant touches it, heats up and opens the t-stat like its supposed to. With the air bubble on the engine side of the t-stat, the coolant doesn't touch the t-stat, just hot air. And that air must get super hot to open the t-stat, by that time the coolant in the heads is red lined.
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Works every time.
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Yea I was trying to squeeze the hoses but didn't seem to be doing much.. the engine got pretty hot before I noticed it, was above 210 but not to the red area thank god. It was smoking a bit so hopefully the head gasket isn't blown..
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Ok, i poured water directly into the water pump.. but while I was doing that coolant started POURING out near the back of the passenger side head... the engine was off the whole time.. could a head gasket cause this??
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Figured it out.. there are two little plugs that bolt on to the back of the heads, they weren't on. Now I have to deal with clutch issues.. yay..
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Yeah when I had my heads freshened up and a new cam put in and gaskets and all that bs, we made the same mistake. I freaked the hell out when I saw all that coolant come gushing out. As soon as I saw this post I was going to say that but you got to it first.