Ok i got an issue lol. My 90 5.0 was driving fine for awhile then one day at work i start the car up and while im sittin there letting it warm up im seeing some smoke coming from under the hood. I open the hood and see im spewing coolant from close to the throttle body or at least what i assume to be the throttle body. There are 2 "nipples" one going back towards the firewall which has a hose connected to it and the one facing forward which has no hose and is the culprit spewing the coolant on my engine lol. Anyway i looked all over the place around the engine and cannot find a hose that may have popped off. So after all this my question is where would this hose that should be there be connected to???? i figure if i start at that point i can find the damn hose or get another one hahahah Any help for this noobie would be greatly appreciated
Leaking coolant
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jtfairlane
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86bluecobra has the right idea.
The heater coolant supply tube, which is attached to the lower intake manifold, not only supplies coolant to the heater core (there should be two hoses from your passenger side firewall that connect your heater core to the coolant supply tube) but also to the EGR spacer.
The EGR spacer should have two hoses coming off of it. You are obviously missing one, and coolant is just running out of the EGR spacer. Get a matching length and size of hose to the one you already have on the one side of the EGR spacer, and connect the other side of the EGR spacer to the heater coolant supply tube. Don't forget a couple small hose clamps.
The heater coolant supply tube, which is attached to the lower intake manifold, not only supplies coolant to the heater core (there should be two hoses from your passenger side firewall that connect your heater core to the coolant supply tube) but also to the EGR spacer.
The EGR spacer should have two hoses coming off of it. You are obviously missing one, and coolant is just running out of the EGR spacer. Get a matching length and size of hose to the one you already have on the one side of the EGR spacer, and connect the other side of the EGR spacer to the heater coolant supply tube. Don't forget a couple small hose clamps.
Roland69
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sounds like you got lucky and have a easy fix.....I lost coolant and it was the heater core....I just bypassed mine
yea sounds liek and easy fix but for one roblem im the most mechanically inclined person i know hahahahh this car was left to me by my wife's father who died a few months back so im learning everything about cars (or should i say this car) on the fly haha so now i have to find the heater coolant supply tube which i ahve no idea where that is but im sure ill find it somewhere under there lol sorry if i sound like a complete idiot but i was never into cars til I got this one and im 27 now hahah
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