Hey guys, so I just recently changed my lower intake gaskets because they were leaking. After I did that it was overheating real bad, to the point where I couldn't drive it down the street without getting to 270. So I took out all the air in the system, I changed the tstat to a Mr. Gasket 180 and got a new radiator cap. It ran fine for about 3 days, didn't over heat even when I got on it. But now its starting to over heat again. I am going off the stock gauge, but itll heat up differently, different times I drive it. But its always like clockwork when it starts to overheat. I can drive it for about 2-4 miles before the gauge starts going up. I can drive like a grandma, or I can be revving it to 5,000 rpm every gear but it doesn't make it over heat any faster, its always at about 2-4 miles of driving. Sometimes the gauge will only go up about half way, other times it'll shoot up to 270, coming to an idle doesn't lower temps, and sometimes it'll lower a tick on the stock gauge when I come to a stop but not always. I've tried to pressure test it and it will loose pressure at about a pound per minute, but i cant see or hear coolant coming out anywhere except at my heater core bypass which I have tightened up, and I also think I can attribute that to having to use the universal cap for the tester and not sealing perfect.
But anyways couple days ago I got under my car and saw some coolant dripping from the lower radiator hose where it goes to the water pump, and I found coolant coming down harmonic balancer, and dripping down the oil pan. I haven't really looked at the weep hole on the pump but It looks like its leaking more out of where the pump meets the timing cover, its hard to tell though with all the gunk underneath there. I am planning on changing the water pump tomorrow because it seems like its leaking anyways, but is it likely that this is what is causing my overheating issues? Water pump hasn't been changed in about 4 years.
And I've been searching and have seen people having problems sealing up there water pumps, you guys that have done it a couple times whats the best way to seal it up? I am thinking using a felpro gasket and a nice bead of blue silicone, on both sides of both gaskets, Sound good? Joe I'll be using your list, hope I don't break any bolts. I'll be using pb blaster, a hammer, a torch, and a breaker bar.
But anyways couple days ago I got under my car and saw some coolant dripping from the lower radiator hose where it goes to the water pump, and I found coolant coming down harmonic balancer, and dripping down the oil pan. I haven't really looked at the weep hole on the pump but It looks like its leaking more out of where the pump meets the timing cover, its hard to tell though with all the gunk underneath there. I am planning on changing the water pump tomorrow because it seems like its leaking anyways, but is it likely that this is what is causing my overheating issues? Water pump hasn't been changed in about 4 years.
And I've been searching and have seen people having problems sealing up there water pumps, you guys that have done it a couple times whats the best way to seal it up? I am thinking using a felpro gasket and a nice bead of blue silicone, on both sides of both gaskets, Sound good? Joe I'll be using your list, hope I don't break any bolts. I'll be using pb blaster, a hammer, a torch, and a breaker bar.
