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

[tobyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Nick - You need to check all around the hoses ... one of mine 
developed an aneurism right at the bottom where you couldn't really 
see it or feel it very well.  Also, the small pipe has been known to 
develop pinhole leaks from corrosion so the rust might have blown 
through someplace.  Lastly, I worked on a local car that had a 
chronic coolant loss that had eventually led the owner to throw the 
car in a barn.  After we rescued it, we found out that one of the 
attachment bolts for the Y pipe to the right head had corroded 
through, but the bolt head was still sitting there.  The leak was 
from that joint.  Things are not always as they seem to be.

Toby Peterson  VIN 2248 "Winged1"
DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC
www.delorean-parts.com

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nick Kemp" <nkemp@xxxx> wrote:
> 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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