strange coolant problem

[jbeaton9292]

well i got my car going again today after changing the intake to a jmfab and while i had the tb off i deleted the fiav i started tuning the car got it to run kinda decent and then i noticed when i pulled the car back in there was smoke coming from under the hood so i took a peak at what was going on and the tstat housing was smoking i shut the car off right away and then a few minutes later i noticed there was a puddle under my car on the passenger side i checked all the fittings in the tstat housing, radiator hoses, heater hoses and im stumped i cant seem to see any place it is leaking

it didnt leak anything before i changed the intake but the intake doesnt have coolant in it

 

[92AWDHX40]

Hey man I would check out the fiav is it leaking? Check all hoses, too.

 

[turbo98eclipse]

Sure its not the overflow tank?

If anything just jack it up and let the car idle and look underneath

 

[jbeaton9292]

Sure its not the overflow tank?

If anything just jack it up and let the car idle and look underneath

I dont have an overflow right now ### it was broken

Hey man I would check out the fiav is it leaking? Check all hoses, too.

The fiav wouldnt hold this much fluid it would have ran out by now it was more less a pool of coolant than a puddle its was about 2'x2' spot

 

[92AWDHX40]

It could have leaked in one spot and dripped check coolant hoses, heater hoses, water pump.

 

[TurboLaserRS]

Turbo98eclipse has it right. The best way to find a coolant leak is to leave the car running and get underneath it. Get a good flashlight and look around the tstat housing area, especially the line that runs from the heater core to the housing. I've had that line split under the clamp, so it looked okay when the car wasn't running but it clearly wasn't 'ok'.

 

[530talon]

You can go to a parts store and rent a coolant pressure tester and test your cooling system for leaks

 

[raizen]

Pressure tester is the way to go. When the system is pressurized you can pin point the leak and fix what's wrong.

 

[Breezio69]

I too had leaks in the line going from the housing to the heater core. From the top you can't tell whatsoever that its leaking. I grabbed the lines and felt the coolant to determine where it was.

You 'could' go through the hassle of going and renting a pressure tester, but running your hand along the lines while it's running will do the same thing.

 

[raizen]

That works too! Didn't think of that.

 

[jbeaton9292]

Thanks im gonna give it a try today