BAD coolant leak
08-06-2007, 12:27 AM
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BAD coolant leak ok so i drive to sonic.. get out and coolant starts leaking from somewhere from my car.. ok, overflow i think.. nope. It keeps leaking ALOT. i drive it home, stays in the normal temp range and it leaks ALOT more. so i crawl up undereath it and it is leaking from something, i have no idea what (cant see where exactly) from right above my opti... HELP!
08-06-2007, 12:35 AM
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ok.. it looked like MAYBE it was coming from that but i couldn't really tell for sure... why would it do that?? and it was a lot of coolant.. im probly out by now lol...
08-06-2007, 05:35 AM
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you should probably quit driving the car or replace the pump asap. before you destroy the opti..right when a water pump goes or is going its not uncommon to see that much coolant coming out....its unreal the amount that can come out of the weep hole and the shaft.
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08-06-2007, 09:53 PM
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well... me and a buddy had at it today and it is freaking RETARTED hard! i know its not supposed to be that way, but it was A LOT more than the "6" bolts and its off scenario.. we had to take off quite a few more parts to even get to half of the bolts.. 3 hours today, and only got it off.. 
geeze its stupid...
geeze its stupid... 
08-07-2007, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by TXFORMULA
hey did you check the radiator for leaks as well?cracks etc? mine was leaking pretty bad and come to find out there was a crack in the plastic part of the radiator.
08-07-2007, 10:55 AM
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He may have still had the air pump and stuff to work around as at least one of the driver side bolts shares the air pump bracket. And the farthest right bolt is behind the PS pulley but I can usually turn the pulley and get an extension in there. Might be kinda difficult if you've never done it before.
08-07-2007, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by dhdenney
Might be kinda difficult if you've never done it before.
What I hate the most is bathing in the friggin coolant as you pull bolts - other than that its just turning wrenches.
08-07-2007, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by scottso
Definitely - I read a lot of posts before I attacked mine. Determining what needs to be removed on the fly will take a lot more time. It's always good to hear experience from others.
What I hate the most is bathing in the friggin coolant as you pull bolts - other than that its just turning wrenches.
What I hate the most is bathing in the friggin coolant as you pull bolts - other than that its just turning wrenches.
haha yea i must say i did smell like coolant for a long time after 
08-11-2007, 12:23 AM
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hey guys thanks for all the info, got it done two days ago, running great.. got some headers in as well and now were tackling that (and its been hell!). again thanks and if any one has some tips for putting in LT's that would be great! (got everything off, just having trouble getting them in now