Coolant smell?
11-28-2006, 11:00 PM
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Coolant smell? Today after a 20 mile drive on the freeway I noticed a coolant smell after I popped the hood. I had a head/cam install about a month and a half ago with no noticable problems since. No overheating or loss in performance at all. I see no leaks and I can't feel any liquid around the base of the heads.
Its only when I popped the hood that I got a big wiff of coolant from the drivers side head. Last time I smelt this was when I completed the head/cam install right after I started the motor. It smelt like that for a few days but then went away.
Now next to the head on the drivers side there is the coolant resoirvor tank. Could I have been smelling this and not something else? I've always assumed that the tank is sealed and you can't possible smell anything from it. A friend of mine told me otherwise. He says its probably the tank giving off coolant fumes from the cap not being sealed properly.
I checked the dip stick and didn't notice anything abnormal. But I did notice alittle bit of condinsation in the oil fill cap with alittle guk. Can anyone chime in with any ideas?
BTW this is on a 2004 Pontiac GTO if it helps any.
Its only when I popped the hood that I got a big wiff of coolant from the drivers side head. Last time I smelt this was when I completed the head/cam install right after I started the motor. It smelt like that for a few days but then went away.
Now next to the head on the drivers side there is the coolant resoirvor tank. Could I have been smelling this and not something else? I've always assumed that the tank is sealed and you can't possible smell anything from it. A friend of mine told me otherwise. He says its probably the tank giving off coolant fumes from the cap not being sealed properly.
I checked the dip stick and didn't notice anything abnormal. But I did notice alittle bit of condinsation in the oil fill cap with alittle guk. Can anyone chime in with any ideas?
BTW this is on a 2004 Pontiac GTO if it helps any.
Last edited by LITE SPD; 11-28-2006 at 11:09 PM.
11-28-2006, 11:15 PM
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Well mine did this bout a year ago and it was the water pump gaskets starting to seep, look around and underneath the waterpump and c if there is residue. Maybe itll b just that and nothing major!
11-28-2006, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by juicedls1
Well mine did this bout a year ago and it was the water pump gaskets starting to seep, look around and underneath the waterpump and c if there is residue. Maybe itll b just that and nothing major!
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