RE: [DML] Coolant leak under manifold ... but where?

[jordan rubin <nuttenschleuder@xxxxxxxxx>]

For any car that has the original hoses under the
manifold, it is always a good idea to take the
manifold off and fix everything at once including all
rubber seals and rings.  Everyone saw the web site
with the crap that was waiting to be found under
there.  


"nobody has time to do it right, but everybody has
time to do it again"

jordan
11613
 



--- Video Bob <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I can vouch for this, I just had to replace ALL of
> the hoses and connectors 
> that was part of my heater hoses system, it is
> easier to replace the whole 
> nest of them in one piece that to try to
> do them one by one.
> 
> Sometimes you can develop a tiny crack that has a
> pinhole, and under 
> pressure the fluid can squirt
> several feet away and pool up somewhere else.
> 
> I once had a bad oil leak in an old Pontiac GrandAM
> of mine, one side of the 
> engine and tranny was covered in oil, sopping wet. I
> showed it to a mechanic 
> who told me that it was the main seal
> and that I would have to spend over $1000 to fix it.
> So, I let it leak. I would just put a quart of oil
> in it everyday.
> I never bothered to changed the oil filter or the
> oil because hell, it 
> always had fresh oil in it! Right?
> One day when the car was running, I dropped a tool
> and it of course ran all 
> the way to the center
> of under the car. While crawling under there to get
> it I noticed that there 
> was a tiny little stream
> of oil squirting from a pinhole on the side of the
> oil filter onto the top 
> of the transmission.
> HOLY CRAP! For the last few months I had been
> wasting money and oil on a car 
> I thought was
> doomed and all it needed was a friggin $3 oil
> filter!!!!!
> I changed the filter and it never leaked a drop.
> 
> Something similar could be your problem, and you
> will want to change all of 
> your hoses in one shot.
> You can get a pre-assembled kit from John Hervey.
> You first have to heat up your engine and poke your
> head in there and see if 
> you can spot the leak.
> Once you determine that it is your heater hoses, you
> need to change them.
> ...and if they have never been changed, then you
> need to anyway.
> 
> There is only one way to do it.
> First off all you need a set of skinny hands.
> I had to get my brother to help because my bear paws
> would'nt fit in there.
> You have to remove your louvers and your deck lid.
> Then I put a blanket over the engine and both sides
> of the pontoon,
> then I cut a piece of plywood so that it fit
> directly over top the engine 
> and pontoon.
> This way you can climb up on top with your knees and
> reach down behind the 
> engine.
> The hardest part is getting a little stubby
> screwdriver down there and 
> getting the hose clamp loose.
> The other end runs down into the frame under a
> cover.
> 
> The only other way is to remove the who intake, and
> really that is not much 
> better because
> the hose connection to the engine is underneath the
> distributor and you 
> can't take that off,
> so you might as well do it the way I suggested.
> 
> Been there, done that.
> - Videobob
> VIN#5278
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "John Hervey" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: RE: [DML] Coolant leak under manifold ...
> but where?
> >Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:08:47 -0500
> >
> >Nick, Remember, That when the coolant heats up it's
> under 15lb's of 
> >pressure
> >and then coolant will find a place to leak out
> since it's thinner than
> >water. Also there are 2 O rings under the internal
> Y pipe. Coolant will 
> >also
> >leak at times around the connections on the side of
> the water pump,the 
> >large
> >hoses since the openings aren't round but oval. You
> can see that on the web
> >site.
> >John Hervey
> >www.specialtauto.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Nick Kemp [mailto:nkemp@xxxxxxxx]
> >Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:47 PM
> >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [DML] Coolant leak under manifold ... but
> where?
> >
> >
> >I have a coolant leak under the intake manifold. 
> I've pulled the manifold
> >out but the leak is not obvious.
> >The following are still installed so I may have
> missed something:
> >- The 2 rubber hoses seem OK
> >- The "Y" pipe is in fine shape
> >- The straight pipe shows some rust but nothing
> obvious
> >
> >Does anyone have any words of wisdom that may focus
> me in the right
> >direction?
> >
> >Thanks,  ... still trying to get it running for
> Sunday's get together:-(
> >
> >Nick
> >
> >
> >
> >
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