imported_loudsubz

I had a leaky rad, didn't pay attention to it untill it was too late and temp needle went rigt to red, I had to buy a new rad, but I think my fittings arnt on 100% since i still loose a bit of coolant and my engine bay looks wet under the new rad

bbarbulo

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did you get new hoses? old hoses expand and get hard, so they can't form a good seal around the new barb.

shlammed

ok...i popped the hood and i dont see oil on the engine anywhere...i can look through the engine bay and see where whatever was leaking is on the floor but i cant see anything leaking unless its underneath. i also took off thermostat and it looks fine and the coolant was all the way to the top of it and still green. The car started fine and warmed up properly unlike the way it fucked up in the morning. I put a piece of cardboard under where the puddle was to see if it is still leaking...if it is i will take it to a buddy to get it looked at...if not i will check coolant and engine oil levels again.

bbarbulo

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look at your oil and see if it's like a chocolate milk shake

see if your rad is missing any fins

wonder if your water pump has chewed itself up... when was the last time timing belt/waterpump was done?

shlammed

bought the car in april...never had it checked for timing/water pump

shlammed

when you say check my oil you mean just with the dipstick?

imported_gatherer

they that works you'd be able to see the consistantecy on it..

and I agree with the water pump possibility... if it hasn't be changed when you got the car how many km's? how many KM's now?

shlammed

I was going from toronto to burlington to hamilton to toronto everyday for most of the months so i put about 30,000km on it since april

shlammed

We'll see when I take it on the highway again after work. If the car heats up a lot then it might be the water pump because the coolant won't circulate properly, correct?

shlammed

As long as it's not the head gasket!

imported_loudsubz

no sorry B i didn't get new hoses as well, im thinking I should lol

imported_gatherer

yes the pump moves the water if it's fubared I'd be very careful because the temperature of the water starts going to high and pressure will build up in the water jacket.... also if the pump went then the timing belt could go sometime as well...

shlammed

what's the difficulty rating on fixing water pump yourself?

imported_gatherer

I don't think it's hard but there are some special tools you'll need a crank pulley remover comes to mind...

shlammed

one of my buddies just said that if it was my headgasket there wouldn't be any coolant left in the rad?

bbarbulo

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your buddy is wrong

loudsubz, I only say that cuz I did a revamp of my cooling system and I swear, until I had every hose replaced I kept having leaks left and right. It's like when one part fails, they all fail

waterpump is the same process as the timing belt + one step. It's easy if you've done a TB change before. Basically strip the dr side of the motor down all the way, change the waterpump, timing belt, gaskets, and possible tb tensioner, and away you go!

shlammed

well, took the car home...there was no puddle under the car (changed parking spots), coolant looks fine, engine oil looks fine, car heated up properly, and the temp stayed normal. WTF man im so lost?

Blue Dream

one big thing with a bad gasket or one thats going is the overflow container will overflow, right to the top, because the head overpressurizes the rad, you prolly just had a sticky thermostat...might want to invest in those failsafes just incase.

shlammed

yea I heard they are pretty cheap?

Blue Dream

i would rather call it a cheap investment.