So heres the thing, the car has been doing this since I bought it. It happens when I either run the car hard or I drive for a while. When I pop the hood, and look, I smell burning coolant. Theres nothing leaking on the ground. And the amount I have the in the reservior doesn't change. Where do you think it could be leaking from?

 

check over your waterpump, mine went bad and i know a lot do on fbodys. i hate these damn things always have coolant problems.

 

the wp is new, but ok

ill check it again

 

wow im smelling it to lol

 

you've got 140k on me, you should be. lol.

 

hehehehe lol but it just started happening lol

 

lolll

 

Your head gasket may be slomly going. Mine smelled like that just before it finally let go. How does your oil look?

 

completely normal. the car functions fine though. it just smells like coolant burning. you can only really smell it if you get close to the engine or if you pop the hood.

 

o yea lol on one of my lines coming from the manifold i think theres is a lil bit of oil stain on it like probably like a inch. imma post a pic up tomorrow. and ironxcross how many miles do you have on ur bird lol you think i can still mod it.

SORRI for the hijack

 

just under 110k, arent you in the 250k area? i guess you could mod, if you were modding to kill the motor.

 

i had it before. changed the radiator cap and its gone.

my WP weephole had that gunky black **** on it but it hasnt leaked. its a fairly new wp too.

 

Mine did that, turned out I had a very small leak that was just evaporating when it left the hose.

 

yea 259,000 lol just talkin about a few bolt ons not to much.

 

My $0.02 - On the Driver's side, at the back of the intake, is the location of the leak.

Solution - remove the intake and replace the intake to head gasket.

My step father (a master mechanic and 20 yr GM wrench) stated on the LT motors, 9 out of 10 times that's where the very small / very slow leak is located. The smell is the coolant dripping into the exhaust and then burning up, hense the lack of a puddle.

BTW - It's where my leak is located too. I've gotta change that this winter when I'm driving my 75 Lemans...

Good luck!

 

funny you mention that, i took off the intake manifold, header wrapped the egr pipe back there on the passenger side and resealed with high temp sealant everything and torqued it all down properly. so i know that area is in good shape. the wp is brand new (my other new one grenaded about 3 months ago). i really dont know what it is thats burning off.

 

Turn your heat on, see if it smells worse coming from the vents. Could be something with the heating *shrug* Anyone else think it's possible?

 

I noticed the same smell right before the heater core puked all over my carpet.