SilverCoupe
Registered User
Ok, so I've been losing coolant recently and now that the weather is nicer I've had a chance to try and figure out where exactly my coolant is going. I had thought it may have been headgaskets at first, but after looking in my oil it doesnt appear so.
I went out today, jacked up the car and inspected my main hoses coming from the radiator... all good there, no leaks. However, I did notice a pretty bad leak... the coolant is collecting on the K-member and on the oil pan and dripping off... it's all over the lines by the oil filter and stuff and the conduit the runs on the K-member. Curious, I checked to see if I could pinpoint where exactly it was originating from. Unsatisfied with my inability to tell exaclty where it was coming from, I went out and drove the car, long enough it should have reached operating temp and then did a flat-out pull to about 90mph.
I pulled up in my driveway and took another look. I noticed that coolant was dripping off the K-Member now at a pretty good rate, enough to make a small puddle underneath the car. I also noticed that the coolant in the little filler tank was overflowing a bit. Both of the radiator hoses were hot.
So, anyway, I did a search and didn't find much on my problem, however I did find a few posts that suggested my problem may be the timing chain cover or maybe the waterpump. I'm really stumped though. Any ideas what the problem may be? Is it most likely my timing chain cover that's leaking the coolant, or are there some smaller coolant hoses that I'm overlooking?
Thanks,
Mike
I went out today, jacked up the car and inspected my main hoses coming from the radiator... all good there, no leaks. However, I did notice a pretty bad leak... the coolant is collecting on the K-member and on the oil pan and dripping off... it's all over the lines by the oil filter and stuff and the conduit the runs on the K-member. Curious, I checked to see if I could pinpoint where exactly it was originating from. Unsatisfied with my inability to tell exaclty where it was coming from, I went out and drove the car, long enough it should have reached operating temp and then did a flat-out pull to about 90mph.
I pulled up in my driveway and took another look. I noticed that coolant was dripping off the K-Member now at a pretty good rate, enough to make a small puddle underneath the car. I also noticed that the coolant in the little filler tank was overflowing a bit. Both of the radiator hoses were hot.
So, anyway, I did a search and didn't find much on my problem, however I did find a few posts that suggested my problem may be the timing chain cover or maybe the waterpump. I'm really stumped though. Any ideas what the problem may be? Is it most likely my timing chain cover that's leaking the coolant, or are there some smaller coolant hoses that I'm overlooking?
Thanks,
Mike