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Bundmar

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Ive been losing alot of coolant and dont know where its going. I dont have an external leak and I dont think the head gaskests gone. what could it be?
I checked the oil and its fine
 
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get it pressure tested. It could be from the water pump. Check the connection where the hoses fit onto the heater core tubes. It could be a blown headgasket where the water jackets are, thus no evidence in oil and no smoke out the exhaust. How much coolant are you losing?
 

Mike97gt

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presuure test it and you will find that it's leaking from the front of the intake manifold behind the alternator(you need a intake if this is it)... i hope you read this before you blow your car up...
 
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Im losing about a 1L a week its bad, I dont see any white smoke from the exhaust and I cant smell it. I got a KB kit going on soon but want to get this fixed first. I ll get it pressure tested and hopefully its not the head gasket.
 

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probably the intake manifold is cracked. do you notice a funny smell sometimes when driving? if you have access to a beater car until your kb gets on i'd do that otherwise its about $600-$700 to get a new intake manifold.
 

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it's 90 percent most likely comming from the intake... right behind the alternator you will see it's cracked...
 
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I started it up today and noticed now there is white smoke coming from the exhaust, Its going in the shop tonight for pressure test.
Ill let u know
 

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Bundmar said:
I started it up today and noticed now there is white smoke coming from the exhaust, Its going in the shop tonight for pressure test.
Ill let u know
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that don't sound good. sounds like it's too late
 
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too late for what? cracked intake?
so I guess the KB will be going on sooner
 

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too late for what? cracked intake?
so I guess the KB will be going on sooner
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white smoke out of the tails. sounds like you overheated it too me and blew the head gaskets.

the intake was cracked thats what caused the leak.
 
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