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Old 01-08-2013, 08:53 PM
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So the other day I was driving my gt and I made a stop and I was about to take off but as soon as I started going it started bogging and was really hesitant while on throttle. My CEL started flashing so I assumed its spark related I get home and find this.....
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Coolant leaking around there.. Also all four of the spark plugs on the driver side were sitting in puddles of fluid.
Anyone have this problem?
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Old 01-09-2013, 11:41 AM
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i cant see the pic??
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Old 01-09-2013, 11:49 AM
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check your coolant level, might be a cracked intake monifold
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Old 01-09-2013, 01:53 PM
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OP, you have to use square brackets around the IMG tags, and both leading and trailing tags.


The intake manifold is cracked--is your coolant actually that nasty looking?
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Old 01-10-2013, 09:12 AM
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Wow whens the last time that coolant was changed.
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Old 01-10-2013, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by uberstang1
Wow whens the last time that coolant was changed.
2002 I bet...
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Old 01-10-2013, 06:21 PM
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I really don't know but yea my guess would be 2002 lol
and my coolant level was low about two weeks ago when I checked it and I did notice the level drop every once in a while so I knew it was leaking put it was barley dropping.. So I knew it was leaking I just didn't know where it was going guessing my manifold is cracked then.. Whats the best one to get?
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Old 01-10-2013, 06:27 PM
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FRPP is the only one to consider--then start saving money because the heater core will go out next and that involves removing the dashboard just to get at it...
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Originally Posted by cliffyk
FRPP is the only one to consider--then start saving money because the heater core will go out next and that involves removing the dashboard just to get at it...
In other words...get that crap flushed out now!!! Yikes, it looks like the slime from nickelodeon back in the day!
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Old 01-21-2013, 07:46 PM
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Alright I got the new manifold in cleaned all that crap out, changed my spark plugs & flushed my coolant. My car fires right up but its still shaky as hell and the exhaust is popping a lot..
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