coolant leak help

[scotth]

I have a coolant leak at the back of the engine on the passenger side. I noticed it last night but it is a very small leak. No water on the garage floor just see little drops on the bottom side of the engine. I can see a small trail where it is running down but I can't see it acually running down. Could it be the head gasket. I'm not loosing any coolant that I can tell and the oil is clean. I read some of the other treads on leaks and saw that some gasket around the throtle body can leak. i know that it is almost impossible to tell where it is coming from with out seeing it but has anyone else had this problem or know where it is coming from. Thanks for the help.

Scott

[Disco Mike]

I would suggest you power scrub your engine completely then look for the leak, or go to a shop and have them pressure test the coolant system which will show the leak real fast.
If you are leaking on the passanger side of the engine then I would think it is either the head gasket or the intake manifold gasket.
Make sure to keep your coolant level all the way full so you don't over heat in the mean time.
Mike

[tedndoi]

I had a similar issue around the back of the engine possibly the valley gasket with miniscule amount of loss and have resorted to a radiator stop leak:

http://www.nulon.com.au/products.php?productId=r50

that was 2 months ago without any loss since.

John

[Phlawed]

mine did the same thing about a year ago, then a few weeks ago it went crazy on me. In 1 day ended up with 3 major leaks. Cost was about 2k for complete gasket change on engine. They said it was from the antifreeze going bad. Causes it to become corossive or acidic or something. Mine overheated once, I refilled the antifreeze and it didnt leak agian for about a year or was too small to notice then BAM it was over lol.