Mysterious Coolant Leak. Help!
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Mysterious Coolant Leak. Help! Ever since my last cam and oil pump swap my car has been using coolant somewhere. If I let it sit and idle for about 15 min it does not use any water or run hot, but I drove it about 115 min down the road and was on my way back and it was running hot so I cheacked the coolant and it was about a gallon low. There is no coolant in the oil and none out the exhaust. There are no leaks under the car either. Definately not the water pump either.
If it is the water pump, you'll see the seepage on the timing cover (provided you are running coolant and not just water). The weep hole is behind the pulley...
What I'd suggest -
1. Check your timing cover for signs of coolant drippage
2. When the car is cold, just take the radiator cap off and fill it to the top.
3. Do that for a few cycles
Mine did something similar for a little while after I had just filled my radiator back up...I just kept filling the radiator up, and it eventually stopped doing it. I think it was just the air pockets getting worked out of the system.
What I'd suggest -
1. Check your timing cover for signs of coolant drippage
2. When the car is cold, just take the radiator cap off and fill it to the top.
3. Do that for a few cycles
Mine did something similar for a little while after I had just filled my radiator back up...I just kept filling the radiator up, and it eventually stopped doing it. I think it was just the air pockets getting worked out of the system.
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how long since the cam swap? when i did mine i had to start my engine up and let the thermostat open, did this 3 times. During this i dumped in at least a gallon of coolant. then the next morning i had to add another 1/4 gallon. But it sounds like its just working out the air pockets like what MeentSS02 said
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Back when I had my stock motor one time I was losing coolant. Couldn't figure out where the heck it was going. I could smell it, but I couldn't see a leak or anything. Then I got a tune and it was fixed. I was running real lean.
Originally Posted by 1999ssls1
I hope thats not the problem. I can smell it running rich though.
Originally Posted by 1999ssls1
The radiator has been sending it coolant to the resorvoir and causing it to overflow. Why?
Originally Posted by 1999ssls1
Will not running a thermostat affect it using coolant?
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The car runs at a consistant 210. I drove it 300 miles round trip this weekend and never ran hot, but was about a quart low on coolant. Could not having a thermostat make it use any coolant or do like im saying. Why would it overflow out of the resorvoir?
Originally Posted by 1999ssls1
The car runs at a consistant 210. I drove it 300 miles round trip this weekend and never ran hot, but was about a quart low on coolant. Could not having a thermostat make it use any coolant or do like im saying. Why would it overflow out of the resorvoir?