loosin coolant but oil not milky and no smoke?

[motrmaniac]

where is the coolant goingg? my oil is not milkyy and im not smoking at all. this has become a headach with this overheating problem.

 

[626freak]

wait till the car is cooled off good and then retighten and check all coolant fittings .i.e thermostat housing.water pipe,heater core hoses,rad hoses,oil/water cooler,turbo
then once you checked and retightened everything start the car and let it idle till it warms up then go under the hood and check everything for leaks. hope this helps

also how much coolant is "disapearing"

 

[motrmaniac]

wait till the car is cooled off good and then retighten and check all coolant fittings .i.e thermostat housing.water pipe,heater core hoses,rad hoses,oil/water cooler,turbo
then once you checked and retightened everything start the car and let it idle till it warms up then go under the hood and check everything for leaks. hope this helps

also how much coolant is "disapearing"

well lets say i drive 10 15 miles the temp will startr to rise and i have to add about a half of gallon. but if it sits there and idles its fine!.. i have no leaks or anything. i park in saem spot evryday only leak i have is t case.

 

[Kastigir]

Replace your radiator cap. It's probably not holding enough pressure, so you're boiling it off.

 

[motrmaniac]

things replaced. cap, waterpump, hoses, radiator evrything basicaly.

 

[GSXSixteenG]

Check your radiator for leaks, radiator cap for holding pressure, or thermostat housing. If not work you way through the hoses and clamps.

edit: your filling your coolant through the radiator cap and not the overflow bottle right?

 

[motrmaniac]

Check your radiator for leaks, radiator cap for holding pressure, or thermostat housing. If not work you way through the hoses and clamps.

yeaa i just tteseedt evrything again. there is no leaks anywhere. evrything seeems to be workin cond. im guessin its a ead gasket but then why doesnt it smoke? or why isnt the oil milky. doesnt make sense.

 

[motrmaniac]

Check your radiator for leaks, radiator cap for holding pressure, or thermostat housing. If not work you way through the hoses and clamps.

edit: your filling your coolant through the radiator cap and not the overflow bottle right?

yea .. im not a newbie . thnx for the help also

 

[GSXSixteenG]

Just making sure. My guess is it leaking once your driving and gets pressure in the system.

 

[MuffinMan7580]

Biggest pain in the ass coolant leak I ever had was one of the heater core hoses. It did exactly what you're saying. The hole was small enough that if it was just idling, it would spew coolant, but I had to add coolant everyday. Check all hoses for small pinhole leaks.

 

[OhhDearOh]

yeah mine was a small hole in the heater core on my grand am and it was doing exactly what you say.

The Talon had the same problem :/

 

[Imback]

Leak down test

 

[talon14turbo]

Fill your radiator again but this time tie some type of clear bottle to the hose going out of the overflow. You will be surprised how much water is pushed out while you were driving and by the time you stopped to check there were no signs of it. Test drive the car again and check the bottle, if it is full you do not have to kill your self checking all over for other leaks.

 

[motrmaniac]

Fill your radiator again but this time tie some type of clear bottle to the hose going out of the overflow. You will be surprised how much water is pushed out while you were driving and by the time you stopped to check there were no signs of it. Test drive the car again and check the bottle, if it is full you do not have to kill your self checking all over for other leaks.

ill try that asap. worst case im gonna do a headgasket on friday grr

 

[natertater]

not to revive this from dead, but i have same problem let it heat up and idle quite a while...and it only pushed out half an ounce in the makeshift overflow water bottle. so i replaced the cap, figured it was bad. but the next thing is, wife took oil into kragen to get rid of, they made her pour it herself, and she said she seen a lot of green going into the oil collection can. so hopefully its not the block! but i dont see any traces of coolant in oil, its not milky under valve cover and what not. maybe i was stupid and drained coolant into the oil can long ago when i dropped turbo and put new one on...