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Old 05-11-2008, 02:37 PM
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I am leaking coolant. Can't figure out where from. Once I noticed I change both upper and lower hoses and put a new O ring in the thermostat. It is dripping and hitting everything so I can't locate where its coming from. I beleive it is coming from somewher on the lower half of the engine. I rulled out the raditor and hoses. Any advice?

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bring it to a shop have them look at it, and refrain from driving it because if it gets in the cylinders it will seperate that oil and can do all kinds of damage...
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Is it leaking on the ground when you park the car? It could be your intake gasket or water pump.
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You have a 98. The water pump gaskets are paper as opposed to the 99-02 metal gaskets. Its kind of hard to detect the leak directly at the gaskets due to its location. It an easy job to swap these gaskets out. My 98 leaked prefusely everytime I parked it. I got under the car & could see the fluid was coming from around the weep hole on the pump. I ended up swapping out the pump & metal gaskets. It never leaked again. There is a write up on here somewhere.




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