I have a coolant leak behind the head by that heater hose nonsense. Is there any good way to get at this without pulling the head off. I'm looking for nifty tricks here I don't expect there to be like a magical door in the firewall...although that would be amazing.
Coolant leak..@!&!&*(&
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Just stick your hand back there and use a long extension and pull it off. Then replace the hose. I just did this a few days ago.
we were able to get the fitting off n such using a socket that we ground down if you search heater union you will get the threads
the metal part??? when i took off the rubber hose there was a big rip in it. You can get the top clamp from the top......thats if were talking about the same thing here...:biglaugh:
I allways check if I fixed it correctly with a radiator pressure tester if you put coolant in and pressurize it it will tell u weather or not the problems fixed correctly
Well my hole was under the clamp and got bigger over time, soooo replace the hose, thats what I say.thechori said:
i had the same problem when i changed my hg. to make the story short, i cracked that big fitting when reinstalling that hose. was a bitch to get out. champion toyota sent me one for a few bucks. but you can use a big socket if you have one and i universal. i think it was 22mm or something like that.
How does that stop leak work? Do you run it through the system, it stops the leaks and then you run regular coolant again? How does this affect your cooling capacity in general? I don't want there to be any chance that my car won't cool sufficiently.
basicly its a aluninum gell or powder that you pour into your rad. as it circultes threw the coolent systm it gets pulled out of the leak and makes a build up to stop the leak after that air dries the patch and it becomes a hard patch
themadhatter said:
Yes, but it circulates through your cooling system.....that stuff looks like shit, and I think you would be better off replacing the part than trying to repair it and it show itself later down the road.
I would really fix it properly, that stop leak stuff is crap. Someone ran it through the car I bought and it was everywhere when I rebuilt it. Including all over the inside of the overflow reservoir. Yuck. It might work if its a microleak, but for something this critical, fix it non-cletus and pressure test.
stop leak fills in an will smooth out the surface of the water jackets...
not good
reduction in surface area means it's harder to transfre the heat to the coolant. Not to mention the fact it can clog passages completely...
not good
reduction in surface area means it's harder to transfre the heat to the coolant. Not to mention the fact it can clog passages completely...