found the leak!!!!

[Codders]

so i replaced my thermostat and everything and then started it and it spewed water everywhere!! but then i found out that it was a hose that comes off my thermostat its the bigger one but i am gonna replace both of those hoses that come off my thermostat the smaller and bigger one but i dont know what there called any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Bud92gsx]

Is it the radiator hose or the feed or return coolant lines for the turbo?

You can buy the turbo colant lines at your local auto parts store..You buy it by the foot, it's like 1.75$..Take the old hose with you so they don't give you the wrong one like they like to do..

 

[tcouty87]

I believe he's talking about the 2 that are behind the thermostat going to the tb. Just had to replace mine after a waterpump install. Believe the bigger one is 3/8s but like bud 92 fax said its best to take it in because most people at autozobe n checkers will get it wrong. I k ow because I work there n some of my coworkers are lost when it comes to things like this

 

[Codders]

haha i got all the hoses in and everything was running great and i went to get on the freeway and it gave out and white smoke was trailing behind me so i don't know if its a blown head-gasket or what also the white smoke smells like antifreeze is in it, i checked my oil and its not creamy any of this happen to people before? I am compeletly lost. i try to start it and it starts just runs horribly while smoke is coming out of my exhaust please help!

 

[Tyeler18]

Did you hook the line from the coolant housing to the vaccum ports on the TB?

 

[Codders]

whats a tb? i am getting used to this mechanical thing ok so i have two hoses going to my firewall and one comes from my thermostat and the other doesnt i dont know where it comes from but it sayed heater hose so i took the one from my thermostat and put in the lower hose link of my fire wall...is that right?

 

[Tyeler18]

TB- Throttle body.

Ok what now? From my understanding your heater hose was leaking. All you did was replace that one hose and you connected the new hose exactly how the old was correct?

 

[Codders]

ok so my heater hose coming off the thermostat was leaking so i decided to replace both heater hoses and the smaller on coming off my my thermostat, so all together i replaced the heater hose coming off my thermostat and the one coming off my intake manifold or throttle body im not sure what it is coming off and the smaller one coming off my thermostat...and i was sure i put them in the right place but now im kinda second guessing it

is there a picture that shows me how they go and i can tell ya if i did it right?

 

[19Eclipse90]

Number "5" in the first diagram goes to "B" in the second diagram, just for clarity.

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[tcouty87]

Great pic brian. Lays it out pretty much fool proof now.

Did u overheat when you were leaking coolant? Possible it caused the headgasket to separate, but for it to happen all of a sudden with white smoke n running like shit id do a leak down test to check

 

[obsidian]

White smoke pouring out the exhaust means you more than likely blew a headgasket or you were pumping coolant into the TB some how.

Let us know what happened.

 

[Codders]

ok so i found out it was a headgasket but im gonna go over those hoses before i start it back up and i found out i had a cracked intake gasket also which would explain the boost leak gonna put it all back together tomoro and hopefully she purrs! ill let you guys know how its going

oh man i put the heater hoses on wrong!!!! ok so on the diagram this is what i did i put the gray hose to #4 and the yellow hose to #11 did i completely screw my engine because of this or can i just switch them to the firewall holes and all is good? they were both holding coolant when i replaced them... also i was overheating alot before i replaced the hoses so i think i was due for a blown headgasket

 

[19Eclipse90]

The heater hoses don't matter which goes to which. One way or another you will have coolant flow through the core. Don't worry about that.