Cooling System Help Please!
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Cooling System Help Please!
87 z52 Coupe 4+3
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I came outside to my car today to find most of the ground around it soaked with coolant. I drove home [only a few miles] keeping a close eye on the temp gauge. I jacked it up and began checking down the hoses. When looking under the car it appears to be dripping in the middle, right in front of the block.
I finally got a visual of where it was squirting from: directly in front of the block, a few inches to the passenger side, just south of the waterpump. The spraying looked like it was coming from one of the two hoses that lie behind the lower radiator hose. The only other 'hose' in that area has the plastic mushroom shaped end on it that looks like some sort of air sensor.
I replaced the waterpump, radiator, and both radiator hose just about a year ago, and they all are working fine. I need someone to tell me if its possible for it to be leaking out of one of those two hoses I mentioned, and if so, what are they called if I need to replace them.
If not, what else could it be in that area?
Thanks in advance for any help or input. I appreciate it.
Thanks.
Daily Driver
120k
I came outside to my car today to find most of the ground around it soaked with coolant. I drove home [only a few miles] keeping a close eye on the temp gauge. I jacked it up and began checking down the hoses. When looking under the car it appears to be dripping in the middle, right in front of the block.
I finally got a visual of where it was squirting from: directly in front of the block, a few inches to the passenger side, just south of the waterpump. The spraying looked like it was coming from one of the two hoses that lie behind the lower radiator hose. The only other 'hose' in that area has the plastic mushroom shaped end on it that looks like some sort of air sensor.
I replaced the waterpump, radiator, and both radiator hose just about a year ago, and they all are working fine. I need someone to tell me if its possible for it to be leaking out of one of those two hoses I mentioned, and if so, what are they called if I need to replace them.
If not, what else could it be in that area?
Thanks in advance for any help or input. I appreciate it.
Thanks.
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Ok, its probably worn hoses. replace them all and use new clamps.
IIRC those are heater hoses and route the coolant through the bottom of the throttle body.
IIRC those are heater hoses and route the coolant through the bottom of the throttle body.
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i am totally stumped.
i just spent 2 hours taking off the a/c compressor, that 'Y' hose, etc etc... checked all of the coolant hoses, and i cannot find any leaks.
The place I originally saw it squirting was in the area around that Y hose, lower radiator hose, and the two fuel lines that run by the frame.
I am completely stumped as to where else it could be coming from. The water pump is less than a year old , and both of its warning holes are bone dry. I inspected the lower radiator hose and it seemed fine (its only a year old as well).
any ideas?
i just spent 2 hours taking off the a/c compressor, that 'Y' hose, etc etc... checked all of the coolant hoses, and i cannot find any leaks.
The place I originally saw it squirting was in the area around that Y hose, lower radiator hose, and the two fuel lines that run by the frame.
I am completely stumped as to where else it could be coming from. The water pump is less than a year old , and both of its warning holes are bone dry. I inspected the lower radiator hose and it seemed fine (its only a year old as well).
any ideas?
