lets play guess the source of the coolant leak

[gragravar]

alright, while driving home from playing hockey Sunday night I got a flashing light on the dash indicating that the coolant level was low. luckily the temp guage hadnt gone above normal, so I added a little water and took it easy on the remainder of the drive home. In the daylight yesterday the coolant resevoir was almost empty and there seems to be some coolant puddled on top of the engine in the V between the valve covers.

I topped up the coolant tank, and nothing leaked out onto the ground overnight. I'll take it out for a drive when I get home this afternoon to see if things start leaking again, but in the mean time, any guesses as to the best place to start searching for a leak?

FWIW, I did have my water pump replaced about 500 miles ago.

[Funrover]

heads??? Are you getting any white smoke/steam out the rear?

[onslow]

Originally Posted by gragravar

alright, while driving home from playing hockey Sunday night I got a flashing light on the dash indicating that the coolant level was low. luckily the temp guage hadnt gone above normal, so I added a little water and took it easy on the remainder of the drive home. In the daylight yesterday the coolant resevoir was almost empty and there seems to be some coolant puddled on top of the engine in the V between the valve covers.

I topped up the coolant tank, and nothing leaked out onto the ground overnight. I'll take it out for a drive when I get home this afternoon to see if things start leaking again, but in the mean time, any guesses as to the best place to start searching for a leak?

FWIW, I did have my water pump replaced about 500 miles ago.

there are 2 pipes that run under the inlet manifold from the rear of the water pump to the heater check cips are tight and that they havent split

[gragravar]

Originally Posted by Funrover

heads??? Are you getting any white smoke/steam out the rear?

I hope not. It was nighttime when this started, hadnt seen any smoke previously, but couldnt see that night. I will look again. I doubt coolant would end up on top of the motor if the heads were bad.

Originally Posted by onslow

there are 2 pipes that run under the inlet manifold from the rear of the water pump to the heater check cips are tight and that they havent split

I'll take a look there. thanks.

[gragravar]

woohoo, found it - not a head problem (this time)

it was a broken heater hose. this one:


dealer has one locally, so off to there to pick up a replacement.

[Funrover]

That's good news!!!! A cheap fix also!

[OkieRover]

I did that one and have a write up about it on my site.

[gragravar]

Originally Posted by OkieRover

I did that one and have a write up about it on my site.

thats a great wirte up, even if it is a little depressing to hear how hard that hose is going to be to get to.

I had planned to do this at lunch today, sounds like I may need to alot more time than that.

wish me luck.