water in intake
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water in intake when i took off my intake recently, i noticed some water/coolant sitting in there...this is obviously a concern...the only theory i could come up with is some sort of problem with the throttle body..where coolant was leaking into the intake through there..
any other ideas?
any other ideas?
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in the lifter valley...i soaked up what was there with a towel and changed my oil as soon as i got everything back together..but i'm still concerned as to what the actual cause was
simple diagnosis, Do the throttle body bypass. if the problem goes away then you know its the throttle body gasket or something to do with it. If the problem doesnt go away then you got other issues going on.
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how does a blown head gasket allow water into the lifter valley? (not tryin to be a smarta$$)...
also..would a blown head gasket allow oil to leak? maybe if the gasket break is near an oil passage? I have replace every gasket/seal on this car except head gaskets and i still have a very very minor amount of oil on the floor after a drive..
also..would a blown head gasket allow oil to leak? maybe if the gasket break is near an oil passage? I have replace every gasket/seal on this car except head gaskets and i still have a very very minor amount of oil on the floor after a drive..
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one more question..if it is indeed the head gasket....assuming its a "minor" gasket break...should i try overly hard to be easy on the car? i mean..honestly..if its the head gasket...i'd prob use it as an excuse to put new heads on
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honestly if its a hg and coolant is in the oil system i wouldnt drive it water and bearings dont go together too well wish u luck dude
how does a blown head gasket allow water into the lifter valley? (not tryin to be a smarta$$)...
also..would a blown head gasket allow oil to leak? maybe if the gasket break is near an oil passage? I have replace every gasket/seal on this car except head gaskets and i still have a very very minor amount of oil on the floor after a drive..
also..would a blown head gasket allow oil to leak? maybe if the gasket break is near an oil passage? I have replace every gasket/seal on this car except head gaskets and i still have a very very minor amount of oil on the floor after a drive..
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tell me about it man....i'm about to get you over here helping me on it
ok y did you take the intake off? and did you drain the tb coolant hose away from the block or just laid it over to the side ? also is the coolant that you saw grean(fresh) or did it look like milk?maybe the tb hose drained into the gallery?????how does the oil look?
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Unfortunately, I think I've just realized what the cause of my rough idling is....when I put the tb back on I forgot to hook up the coolant line out of the tb(I know! Bonehead move!) so when I started it needless to say I got some coolant on my $400 MSD opti. I hooked up the hose and it ran fine so I thought I was in the clear. Ran fine on my drive in(30 mi.) to work, but started sputtering as I parked. I'm afraid it's the opti any chance of it surviving?
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new theory.....when I was hooking the evap solenoid back up I realized the elbow connecting the solenoid to the tb was missing. I capped off the evap and the tb. What does this do exactly? Going to uncap the evap and see if it makes a diff
The opti should be just fine if it's a vented one. The Texas heat ought to dry it out in about an hour lol!
Dude if you want some help PM me and i'll get you my number so we can hook up. Haven't done a HG on my car either, but I do have a compression tester just in case.
Dude if you want some help PM me and i'll get you my number so we can hook up. Haven't done a HG on my car either, but I do have a compression tester just in case.