99GTvert

Thanks.

I poured in a gallon of water and coolant..and I hear/see a small drop underneath the car by the driver's seat.

Going to start it and see what else goes wrong.

wolverine8490

Do yourself a favor, pull that sensor back out. Fill the coolant res up to where it if full. Next, take a funnel and stick it in the hole where the sensor screws into your intake. Fill that all the way up with coolant.

It makes bleeding the system WAY easier....

99GTvert

Started the car...began rough then kinda smoothed out. After a bit more steam came out from under, also got 5 error codes:

P0135
P0155
P0193
P0443
P1451


One was a fuel rail **** according to my sct. I'm going to look these up. At least there weren't any leaks on the ground (I found a mani bolt not tightened nearest driver's seat). No smell of gas.

99GTvert

..drove the car around the block, still dripping coolant. Still see (new) coolant in the valley between the cylinder heads on the block. At least I tried. Looks like I'm going to drive or get it towed to a shop.

Thanks for all the help though.

kj4kym

Man that sucks to hear. Wonder if its that little spot on the heads causing it to leak.

Hangwire

So sorry to hear this man. I believe your cylinder heads are FUBAR. Hopefully your shortblock can be salvaged. This blows hardcore.

99GTvert

What I don't understand is wouldn't those gaskets/RTV do the job? Maybe I should have squeezed the whole bottle of RTV onto the mating surface. Whatever it is, looks like its going to be expensive...and I don't have that much cash on me, so it might sit for a while.

Also, I did the plugs and torqued them to 120 inches/pound and used anti seize but I wouldn't be surprised if one blows out.

ESABATM

Pull the head and have someone tig that spot up and reinstall it.

PositiveKarma

Just fixed something like this on my car, intake was cracked by the heater core! check for cracks on your intake, it is plastic right?

99GTvert

It was. Replaced it with a new one but I doubt I cracked something by tightening it too much.

I'm hoping the problem is something unrelated but if it isn't and the repair bill is huge I'll have some options as to what to do with the car but since its not a DD and I don't have much cash, the car will just have to sit for a while.