have a tricky one for you
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Drifting
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From: Delray beach FL
have a tricky one for you
My buddy has a 90 .
For months now he is loosing coolant fluid ( about 1 liter every 150 miles)
BUT...
No white smoke, exept like 2 seconds while starting cold.
No smoke at all while hot... Car runs great.
Nothing is falling anywhere...
Plugs color are OK. None are cleaner than any others...
Water pump is new...
Nothing can be seem....
Kind of real strange.
For months now he is loosing coolant fluid ( about 1 liter every 150 miles)
BUT...
No white smoke, exept like 2 seconds while starting cold.
No smoke at all while hot... Car runs great.
Nothing is falling anywhere...
Plugs color are OK. None are cleaner than any others...
Water pump is new...
Nothing can be seem....
Kind of real strange.
Melting Slicks
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Water pump is leaking or radiator slowly.
Intake gaskets.
Porosity in castings.
Do a combustion leak test with a kit from Napa to verify 100% its not a headgasket going bad or similar.
Intake gaskets.
Porosity in castings.
Do a combustion leak test with a kit from Napa to verify 100% its not a headgasket going bad or similar.
Last edited by 87 vette 81 big girl; May 29, 2011 at 05:14 PM.
Melting Slicks
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There is a universal type Black Light dye made & sold in USA parts stores like Napa, Carquest, and others.
One dye is used with a petroleum fluids like engine oil, trans ATF, power steering fluid, ect.
The 2nd dye is for engine coolant, works with Green antifreeze & Orange dex-cool coolant.
Use a decent blacklight kit that has "Yellow" safety glasses in it.
Glasses are shaded like a Target gun shooter would wear or Cops- policeman wear shooting guns.
Using the blacklight kit & correct dye additive you will find any coolant leak.
I have been finding very tough fluid leaks for the past 20 years 1st hand that no one else usually could.
Be sure to remove the engine oil fill cap too.
After circulating the coolant additive.
With the blacklight & yellow glasses you will see the dye & coolant mix "Fluorescent up very bright green" like its radioactive from a Hollywood movie.
Thats if the coolant is making its way back into the engine crankcase somehow.
Brian
One dye is used with a petroleum fluids like engine oil, trans ATF, power steering fluid, ect.
The 2nd dye is for engine coolant, works with Green antifreeze & Orange dex-cool coolant.
Use a decent blacklight kit that has "Yellow" safety glasses in it.
Glasses are shaded like a Target gun shooter would wear or Cops- policeman wear shooting guns.
Using the blacklight kit & correct dye additive you will find any coolant leak.
I have been finding very tough fluid leaks for the past 20 years 1st hand that no one else usually could.
Be sure to remove the engine oil fill cap too.
After circulating the coolant additive.
With the blacklight & yellow glasses you will see the dye & coolant mix "Fluorescent up very bright green" like its radioactive from a Hollywood movie.
Thats if the coolant is making its way back into the engine crankcase somehow.
Brian
Melting Slicks
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I like NAPA parts.
To find supplies & tools mechanics used from the 1960's to 1980's I have to stop in the store in person & grab the right paperback catalog myself from them young guys.
Blow the dust off of those old books too.
All they know is what is programmed into a computer.
Trust me on that note.
Brian
To find supplies & tools mechanics used from the 1960's to 1980's I have to stop in the store in person & grab the right paperback catalog myself from them young guys.
Blow the dust off of those old books too.
All they know is what is programmed into a computer.
Trust me on that note.
Brian
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Melting Slicks
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Snap-On Tools is in Paris, France too.
I believe they sell a similar Black Light Leak Detection kit to suite your needs along with the correct additive(s) to add to the engine coolant.
Then another additive for all petroleum based oils.
There is no more guesswork using those blacklight kits.
If there is a leak, you will find them within 5 minutes using the kit correctly.
You will be amazed & its very easy to use.
BR
I believe they sell a similar Black Light Leak Detection kit to suite your needs along with the correct additive(s) to add to the engine coolant.
Then another additive for all petroleum based oils.
There is no more guesswork using those blacklight kits.
If there is a leak, you will find them within 5 minutes using the kit correctly.
You will be amazed & its very easy to use.
BR
Melting Slicks
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I spent 10 minutes this morning researching for you this morning drinking my coffee.
Looking inside of my Snap On 2011 catalog & checking their website here is what I found & recommend for you since you are In France & likely no Napa USA parts stores nearby.
Snap On is in Paris, France.
#GDCT16 COMBUSTION LEAK TESTER $76.95
# YAUVCOOL LEAK DETECTOR FLUID $35.55
3 Choices of UV/ blacklights :
#ECFUVLITE $87.50
#ECFUVDAUL $102.95
#ECFUV150 $186.95
Snap on does revolving credit with mechanics here in the USA.
Their credit system with Mechanics like myself.
Make your weekly tool payments to the guy in the large white & red van.
Check out their website yourself.
REAL TOOLS ON THERE, NOT CRAP TOOLS.
Good Luck & hope my info helps you out.
Brian
Looking inside of my Snap On 2011 catalog & checking their website here is what I found & recommend for you since you are In France & likely no Napa USA parts stores nearby.
Snap On is in Paris, France.
#GDCT16 COMBUSTION LEAK TESTER $76.95
# YAUVCOOL LEAK DETECTOR FLUID $35.55
3 Choices of UV/ blacklights :
#ECFUVLITE $87.50
#ECFUVDAUL $102.95
#ECFUV150 $186.95
Snap on does revolving credit with mechanics here in the USA.
Their credit system with Mechanics like myself.
Make your weekly tool payments to the guy in the large white & red van.
Check out their website yourself.
REAL TOOLS ON THERE, NOT CRAP TOOLS.
Good Luck & hope my info helps you out.
Brian
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Safety Car
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From: Austin Texas
Another place to look is the heater core...I've seen leaks there as well. And since the heating/ AC system has its own drain you might not ever consider it.
If you are getting the test kit anyway, it's another place to look...
Hope it's something EASY for you...
If you are getting the test kit anyway, it's another place to look...
Hope it's something EASY for you...
Le Mans Master
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From: levittown pa. usa Even a bad day with my `Vette, is better than a good day at work
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I spent 10 minutes this morning researching for you this morning drinking my coffee.
Looking inside of my Snap On 2011 catalog & checking their website here is what I found & recommend for you since you are In France & likely no Napa USA parts stores nearby.
Snap On is in Paris, France.
#GDCT16 COMBUSTION LEAK TESTER $76.95
# YAUVCOOL LEAK DETECTOR FLUID $35.55
3 Choices of UV/ blacklights :
#ECFUVLITE $87.50
#ECFUVDAUL $102.95
#ECFUV150 $186.95
Snap on does revolving credit with mechanics here in the USA.
Their credit system with Mechanics like myself.
Make your weekly tool payments to the guy in the large white & red van.
Check out their website yourself.
REAL TOOLS ON THERE, NOT CRAP TOOLS.
Good Luck & hope my info helps you out.
Brian
Looking inside of my Snap On 2011 catalog & checking their website here is what I found & recommend for you since you are In France & likely no Napa USA parts stores nearby.
Snap On is in Paris, France.
#GDCT16 COMBUSTION LEAK TESTER $76.95
# YAUVCOOL LEAK DETECTOR FLUID $35.55
3 Choices of UV/ blacklights :
#ECFUVLITE $87.50
#ECFUVDAUL $102.95
#ECFUV150 $186.95
Snap on does revolving credit with mechanics here in the USA.
Their credit system with Mechanics like myself.
Make your weekly tool payments to the guy in the large white & red van.
Check out their website yourself.
REAL TOOLS ON THERE, NOT CRAP TOOLS.
Good Luck & hope my info helps you out.
Brian
Melting Slicks
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Blister pack too.
Had me scratching my head likewise.
Possibly Clone tools out there ?
I did not buy the knife.
Paid for my gasoline purchased & left.
BR
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