What a great night...
Thread Starter
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (15)
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 622
Likes: 0
From: Warfordsburg, PA
What a great night... So parked my car to talk to some friends tonight and one of them wanted me to ride in his cobra and we were pulling back to where my car was and there was a puddle of antifreeze under my car...
I checked everything and limped the car home, pull in the garage and it dumps it out again...it seems only to run out after i shut off the car. Is it the water pump?
I checked everything and limped the car home, pull in the garage and it dumps it out again...it seems only to run out after i shut off the car. Is it the water pump?
Are you able to see where its wet under the car? What you last do to the car before it started dumping coolant.
One of my buddy's had a similar problem on his 97 Z28, found out at the end it was the afermarket radiator, the radiator where the hose goes over it wasnt sealing it properly.
It could be your water pump. Cant say for sure with out seeing pic under there.
One of my buddy's had a similar problem on his 97 Z28, found out at the end it was the afermarket radiator, the radiator where the hose goes over it wasnt sealing it properly.
It could be your water pump. Cant say for sure with out seeing pic under there.
pics would be helpful. My guess is it could be coolant hose, or cracked radiator but since u said it leaks after u shut the car off I would say the coolant levels might be too high ! The same thing happened to me and it poured out the reservoir every time I shut the engine off !
Thread Starter
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (15)
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 622
Likes: 0
From: Warfordsburg, PA
its been fine for a long time, checked it every so often just like i do with everything else and then last night was running my friends S R T 4 on the interstate came in town, parked to talk to some friends and it has a puddle...
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Topdon ONE vs. Artidiag 800 BT2: Which is the Diagnostic Tablet For You?
Pouria Savadkouei
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
TECH Regular
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 443
Likes: 0
From: tampa
mine did that once and the radiator cap wasnt on tight and the residual pressure built and it leaked some coolent. i freaked out and checked everything. waited for it to cool went to fill it, checked the cap and sure enough it was loose. just a thought.
Staging Lane
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 64
Likes: 0
From: charlotte,nc
water pump couldve took a dump when u ran the srt..i know mine did during a high rpm burn out,,maybe when the t-stat is open not leaking as bad,,when u park it and pressure tries to build a little it pukes it out..but im far from a mechanic,,just a thought
-jason-
-jason-
I say after parking up, pop hood and watch for where leak comes from. If you have a lot of air in the system it can burp out reservoir as well. If you overfill it, it can also come out that way.
TECH Senior Member
iTrader: (3)
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 7,564
Likes: 4
From: Decatur, TN (N-W of Athens)
excellent idea!^^^ 
Maybe your overflow reservoir cracked. I had a wrecked F body that didn't leak any coolant until it got hot enough and built pressure in the coolant system. It would start releasing it into the reservoir and just leak out.
see what side its coming out of, it could simply be the resivoer under the battery has a leak, or like stated above the cap could be bad, i doubt its the water pump, cuz if it was leaking in anyway shape or for form the car would have a steady leak, or obvious signs.