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Old 02-12-2006, 04:45 PM
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ok it started bout 7 months ago when i put my tnt nitrous kti on i hosed it a few times and the low coolant light came on the it was blowin it out the overflow makn me loose coolant so then bout a few months back i put new heads on it and head gaskets figurein it was a blown head gasket it or something ok it seem to not loose ne for a few days then after that the low coolant light came back on and i have been havin to put coolant in it bout every other day i drive it .. did the raditor check thing where u put the preesure thing on it and didnt have ne leaks or nething ne wheres and it dont leak ne wheres when u park ... there is milky lookin stuff on the oil cap where looks like water is in it some and crap on the cap to let me know what u all think does not put out ne white smoke or nething im lost help me
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Water pump is a common leak point. If water pump is leaking you would probably have to put water in it every other day. Look at the weep holes on the pump and see if there is any coolant stain on the side of the pump.

It wouldn't explain coolant in the oil though. That would usually be head gasket, but you already did that.
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The foamy stuff on the cap is normal, its condensation, commonly seen this time of year.
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Pull the spark plugs and do a coolant system pressure test. Pressurize it and let it sit and see where the coolant is going.

Here's hoping it's doesn't come out one of the spark plug holes (i.e. cracked block or sleeve since you've replaced heads/headgaskets).

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if nething i hope its the head gaskets if nething but if the block was cracked wouldnt it be puttin out white smoke prolly out the exhaust ??
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if nething i hope its the head gaskets if nething but if the block was cracked wouldnt it be puttin out white smoke prolly out the exhaust ??
Yes, normally a cracked sleeve or block would let the coolant into the combustion chamber and burn white smoke out the exhaust.

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yeah but it depends where its leaking into an exhaust port or oil port. Generally it needs to be a fairly good leak or rip to put water in the oil or dump out of the exhaust. Many shops have simple tests that can check for head gasket jobs that they can do for free or like half an hour of labor time. Might be worth it for ya.
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thanks ill check into that tomorrow appreciate the help thanks
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sound like the heads need to be retorqued to me. This is common with aluminum heads. the factory always put two cubes of bars stop leak in motors for this reason.
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how much is 2 cubes i put 2 bottles of the bars stop leak aluminum
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so far the low coolant light ant came on yet .so thats good .... if its still leakin it must be alittle and and got down far yet only drove it for like 20 mins or so but usuallys its own by then
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ok bout hour upp the road at bout 90 in 6 gear light came back on




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