Top rear of engine leaking coolant

dz187

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Jun 13, 2006

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• Jun 13, 2006

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After beating on my car today, I noticed the smell of antifreeze so I had my friend get behind me as I went WOT and he said it looked like I was pouring out a bottle of water. At normal throttle he only noticed a few drops.

The leak runs down onto the right head then down the back of the block, any ideas to what could be causing the leak? Stock engine with 142k on it.

 

srothfuss

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Jun 13, 2006

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From the picture that looks like the heater tube with a "by-pass" on it. I'd check that connection first since the bend is very large and might have cracked the rubber.

 

302RollinHard

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Jun 13, 2006

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Also check the throttle body spacer antifreeze lines they tend to be brittle and crack. Heater bypass is a great suggestion as well though.

 

88Stang331

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Also if thats not it, check the gasket from the lower intake manifold to the block.

 

dz187

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Jun 15, 2006

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302RollinHard said:

Also check the throttle body spacer antifreeze lines they tend to be brittle and crack. Heater bypass is a great suggestion as well though.

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Yep it was a spacer line, cost me a total of $1.19 to fix

 

Roland69

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cheap fixes are awsome