A gallon of water every other day and no leaks?

94Blue302GT · May 11, 2006

I've been putting a gallon of water in my radiator every two days or so and it keeps going down. I originally filled it to the top, bounced it around and hand spun the water pump. I had to tear the thing down before to look for a water in the oil problem. NOW, it's all buttoned back up, but the water is going somewhere, but it's not coming out the oil pan, and i'm not seeing it in the cylendars (checked by taking out plugs and inserting a small roll of paper towerl). Could it be that it really needs 20 gallons of water?

mootang · May 11, 2006

try changing your radiator cap. it might be evaperating out!

94-302-vert · May 11, 2006

That is a good point.

The other side of it maybe it is leaking only once up to temp? My radiator leaks pretty good in the winter when it is below 20'...

1TallMF · May 11, 2006

Coolant leaks are hard to track down on a cold engine. Have you tired looking for a leak while the engine is running and at operating temperature? Sounds like at that loss rate it should be pissing out somewhere, but then again you'd see alot of steam and/or a large puddle. As mentioned above, check to see if steam comes out the rad cap when its running and hot. Perhapse its coming out the back of a cylinder head and leaking onto the bell housing where you can't see it

urban96 · May 11, 2006

is your exhaust puffing white at all?

BlueOvalStangGT · May 11, 2006

urban96 said:
is your exhaust puffing white at all?

Ditto.

94Blue302GT · May 12, 2006

can't run the car right now, intake is off. I could throw it back together, but the reason it's apart in the first place is becasue water was getting into the oil. I just did new gaskets, includeing timing chain etc. and I want to make sure no water gets in before i put oil back in. No puddles on the floor anywhere, and i have the oil plugs out with a pan underneath to see if anything comes out. All i have on right now is the heads, lower, and exhaust (and turbo). I have to flush out any water before i can hook it back up due to the turbo.

1TallMF · May 12, 2006

Holy crap! So, if I understand you correctly, the coolant is just kinda disappearing when you leave it sit for a couple days? 20 gallons is insane, it should only take 4 to fill the entire system. Are you sure its not finding its way inside the cab through a leaking heater core somehow? I'm sure it'll turn up somewhere. Good luck!

mootang · May 12, 2006

if it's getting into your oil then you need to replace your head gaskets! especially since your running boost, I would bet my paycheck that it was the head gaskets!

urban96 · May 12, 2006

also inspect your timing cover! there could be a crack/hole in there somewhere allowing water to seap into there

Blck945.0 · May 24, 2006

This ever get fixed, just curious to see what was wrong

94Blue302GT · May 24, 2006

kinda moved the thread once i changed gaskets.
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=635700
I"m almost thinking of getting copper gaskets or something. Either that or a nice set of AFR 185's, just to rule out the heads.

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