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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 10:40 AM
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ok i'm look'n at a 2001 nbm z28 m6 with 63,000 miles and its bone stock in everyway. heres the bad it has a salvage tital had the bumber finder and one door repainted has a cloth interior and the driver window motor is on its way down. and the big think there is a small pool of water on the block like your look'n at ur ls1 from the front its on the left right infront of the head right there in that little step on the block and its dripp'n from the intake not alot jus a drop or 2 after the test drive once i whip it off it only drops once so is this major or wat????? thnx any help to a newbie would be great thnx
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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How much does the person want for the car? Im not really following were you say it is leaking from. You said in the left right front??? Try to explain a little diff. Other than that i would say dont buy it and wait for a non salvage car.
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 05:16 PM
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+1 on waiting.
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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ok sorry typo its on the left side of the motor at the cornor of the intake
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Yea but that plastic intake doesn't have any water passages in it. So where its coming from is beyond me unless one of thoses metal tubes under the intake has a bad seal?
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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Yea but that plastic intake doesn't have any water passages in it. So where its coming from is beyond me unless one of thoses metal tubes under the intake has a bad seal?
X 2. Check the hoses that lead to and from the throttle body
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