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Yeah, I’ve been planning on putting dye into my coolant and seeing if I can either find a external leak or maybe, if it’ll show up in the exhaust pipe if i do have a small head gasket leak. Yeah as for the block tester, I did mess up and didn’t realize that even after taking out the coolant from the filler neck it still rose up so I sucked some coolant into the chamber so that may have caused it, i’ll do it again and see what i get…also its new so couldn’t be that. And I did warm up my car and it was idling at operating temp when doing the test, so combustion gases should have had enough time to seep into the system.
And yeah as for normal coolant loss, I dont know. Because a friend of mine has the exact same car, but with 200,000 miles and he doesn’t loose any coolant. And his engine bay doesn’t smell like coolant, on mine you can smell the coolant after a long drive (thats when its strongest) even with the hood closed.
Yeah, I’ve been planning on putting dye into my coolant and seeing if I can either find a external leak or maybe, if it’ll show up in the exhaust pipe if i do have a small head gasket leak. Yeah as for the block tester, I did mess up and didn’t realize that even after taking out the coolant from the filler neck it still rose up so I sucked some coolant into the chamber so that may have caused it, i’ll do it again and see what i get…also its new so couldn’t be that. And I did warm up my car and it was idling at operating temp when doing the test, so combustion gases should have had enough time to seep into the system.
And yeah as for normal coolant loss, I dont know. Because a friend of mine has the exact same car, but with 200,000 miles and he doesn’t loose any coolant. And his engine bay doesn’t smell like coolant, on mine you can smell the coolant after a long drive (thats when its strongest) even with the hood closed.
OH, also about the water pump…I actually was leaking at the water pump, because I did check that a year ago and it was leaking at the weep hole. So i replaced that but there is still coolant smell, but now its not the entire engine bay, only near the overflow tank.. THank you for your inputs
OH, also about the water pump…I actually was leaking at the water pump, because I did check that a year ago and it was leaking at the weep hole. So i replaced that but there is still coolant smell, but now its not the entire engine bay, only near the overflow tank.. THank you for your inputs
So the coolant loss is minimal. I would fill it to the full line (engine cold) and so far its been 5months since i topped it to full and now it is just above the min line (engine cold).
I have put a pressure tester on the radiator before, and there was no loss of pressure in 2 hours i left it there. This is with engine not cold though, i should do it after leaving it overnight. I haven’t actually checked the rad cap, which i should. I just didn’t because I replaced it when i replaced the radiator. But I should test it anyways, also I didn’t see a leak and I know that it opens because the overflow tank rises after a highway drive. But i know that doesn’t validate it being good. so i’ll do that.
I didn’t mention, but i did do a block test on it too. WIth the dual chamber block tester. and I need to do it again honestly because I don’t know why, but when i went to check that it would turn yellow by sucking the exhaust gas at the tailpipe, it stayed blue -_- so I don’t know why it did that.
So the coolant loss is minimal. I would fill it to the full line (engine cold) and so far its been 5months since i topped it to full and now it is just above the min line (engine cold).
I have put a pressure tester on the radiator before, and there was no loss of pressure in 2 hours i left it there. This is with engine not cold though, i should do it after leaving it overnight. I haven’t actually checked the rad cap, which i should. I just didn’t because I replaced it when i replaced the radiator. But I should test it anyways, also I didn’t see a leak and I know that it opens because the overflow tank rises after a highway drive. But i know that doesn’t validate it being good. so i’ll do that.
I didn’t mention, but i did do a block test on it too. WIth the dual chamber block tester. and I need to do it again honestly because I don’t know why, but when i went to check that it would turn yellow by sucking the exhaust gas at the tailpipe, it stayed blue -_- so I don’t know why it did that.
thank you, i’ll check out that area for coolant leaks, and i’ll block test it again using a dual chamber tester.
question: I don’t have any signs of an internal leak; milky colored coolant/oil. I’ve dripped oil onto a hot exhaust manifold to see if it sizzles and it didn’t do that, no white smoke (ever, cold or hot), but i have yet to pull the spark plugs to check the pistons to see if its clean or not. and I am going to try to pull the o2 sensor to see if it is coated with coolant or not; but the o2 sensor is a pain in the rear to get off. so is it possible that you can smell and internal leak? i figured that if its internal you would’t be able to smell it?
thank you for helping me out
thank you, i’ll check out that area for coolant leaks, and i’ll block test it again using a dual chamber tester.
question: I don’t have any signs of an internal leak; milky colored coolant/oil. I’ve dripped oil onto a hot exhaust manifold to see if it sizzles and it didn’t do that, no white smoke (ever, cold or hot), but i have yet to pull the spark plugs to check the pistons to see if its clean or not. and I am going to try to pull the o2 sensor to see if it is coated with coolant or not; but the o2 sensor is a pain in the rear to get off. so is it possible that you can smell and internal leak? i figured that if its internal you would’t be able to smell it?
thank you for helping me out