Coolant pooling on block under intake manifold
01-31-2014, 11:24 PM
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I'd say do it yourself, of course make sure you find the leak first before you waste money replacing it. But it's pretty simple. Also if you do it yourself you can save enough money to buy my typhoon intake I have up for sale! Hehe shameless plug. On that note I put the typhoon in years ago because of intake failure which also cost me a cop...been a great intake and I don't have to worry about it breaking.
02-02-2014, 12:10 AM
#12
I'd say do it yourself, of course make sure you find the leak first before you waste money replacing it. But it's pretty simple. Also if you do it yourself you can save enough money to buy my typhoon intake I have up for sale! Hehe shameless plug. On that note I put the typhoon in years ago because of intake failure which also cost me a cop...been a great intake and I don't have to worry about it breaking.
Anyways, I think just to get the coolant cleaned up from the "valley" the intake manifold would need to be removed anyways?
02-02-2014, 12:25 PM
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What I am talking about is a typhoon intake manifold, not a cold air intake. The intake manifold is possibly what is leaking on your car, meaning you'd have to replace it with a new one, hence why I mentioned mine.
02-02-2014, 12:38 PM
#14
Yea i realized it was the manifold you were talking about after my last post. Thanks for the offer, i already have a replacement ffrp pi manifold on order just incase i really do need a new one
02-03-2014, 08:04 AM
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Take the alternator off and you should be able to see right down the front of the valley, just dont remove any coolant related hoses or parts... bomb it with water, let it dry and then pressure test. It'll most likely be the intake itself, but its always good to test first
02-04-2014, 10:39 AM
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If you're lucky it's the line coming out of the water pump... replacing the manifold is really no big deal though.
I probably had my buddies T-bird running to running in about 2 hours... some of that time was letting that bastard cool off some.
I probably had my buddies T-bird running to running in about 2 hours... some of that time was letting that bastard cool off some.
02-04-2014, 10:50 AM
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coolant pressure tester, but your going to need the special adapter that doesnt come with the normal kits. honestly at this point it might be cheaper to pay a shop to diagnose it, and maybe do the work as well... no offense, but if you have to ask this many questions, you dont sound like you should be doing the work
02-04-2014, 11:19 PM
#20
coolant pressure tester, but your going to need the special adapter that doesnt come with the normal kits. honestly at this point it might be cheaper to pay a shop to diagnose it, and maybe do the work as well... no offense, but if you have to ask this many questions, you dont sound like you should be doing the work
Although, I know that if I HAD to do it myself I would be fine..I think.
I installed my accufab plenum/throttle body myself so I'm not that horrible at installs..I guess...:/
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