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Blew a coolant line now leaking oil and wont start....

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97gst_spyder

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i was driving home from work today and noticed the coolant gauge almost fully maxed. so i turned the car off kicked the heat on full and coasted into my garage. now the problem is that there's coolant all against the firewall next to the battery and there was coolant on the front by the turbo. Ive been looking all over the place for a leak or something like that, i came up with nothing. Also, when i jacked the car up there's oil dripping down from the firewall area about where the coolant is. i checked the oil its full still, i filled the car up with coolant again and tried starting it. it barely started and just died. i have the car back up in the air, and taken apart with no success on where the leak(s) are.

Anyone have any ideas? or a cooling system diagram? Ive searched all over this forum and couldn't find much.

Thanks
 
Ok, so i found a minuet slit in the lower rad hose. now my question is, how easy do the blocks crack?
 
well there cast iron blocks they don't crack very easy. you may have warped the head. first thing id do is a compression check.
 
ok, thanks. also, the timing looks like it skipped almost a whole turn. the cam gear notches are matching...
 
yea i would do a compression check.. you probly warped the head and poped the headgasket.. but the notches on the gears are supose to match up
 
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