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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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my car is literally eating my coolant! i had a cut in one of the hoses but i had it fixed yesterday. all the fluids were drained and new ones were put in. the weird thing about it is my car still runs really cool, never goes above 21 even after jumping on it and then sitting in traffic! i dont know what to do so someone please give me some feedback as to where i can start to look. thanks!
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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need some help here guys.......
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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May still be a bad head gasket, do a compression test and see if any are off. Or possibly it is leaking outside of the motor and buring up upon contact with the block. Can you smell it at all??
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 09:09 PM
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Check the Oil, what does that look like?
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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do you have any white smoke when you rev it?
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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21????
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need some more info man.....
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oil looks and smells like oil, isnt white at all, i just dont know where its going and theres no tell tale signs of the head gasket going south so its prolly jus leaking somewhere
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had the same exact thing, just got done pullin the heads tonight and there was s light crack in the gasket, i was going threw coolant like crazy and it wasnt comin out the exhaust or mixed in the oil. Do a compression test, my no. 7 was like 40 psi lower than the rest and sure a **** that was where the little crack was. Most cylinders should be around 130...
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had the same exact thing, just got done pullin the heads tonight and there was s light crack in the gasket, i was going threw coolant like crazy and it wasnt comin out the exhaust or mixed in the oil. Do a compression test, my no. 7 was like 40 psi lower than the rest and sure a **** that was where the little crack was. Most cylinders should be around 130...
thanks bro and its good to know its not too expensive, but it think its just a hose leak cause it smells like burning coolant so it may be droppin on the block and burning off like some ppl said on here cause there is no traces of it leakin, ima go through it and see whats goin on. thanks bro!
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