To the point of me having to refill the rad every couple of days and leaving pudles on my driveway. Where should i look first, looks like its coming from the radiator, not from the engine.
leaking coolant!!
- Thread starter Da Bushman
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BlackDynamite
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take a piece of cardboard and put underneath let it sit still and then see where it drips from onto the cardboard...
BlackDynamite said:
ahh good idea, will do, i'll have it jacked up tomorrow ans tell ya what i see
Alright guys, puts it on ramps and looked to see whats going on, its definatly dripping from the radiator, but i don't know where, damn thing is so rusty i can't see if anything is loose.
Can u guys tell me where the hoses are located on the radiator and if i wanted to take it off to inspect it, how would i go about doing that?
Can u guys tell me where the hoses are located on the radiator and if i wanted to take it off to inspect it, how would i go about doing that?
Radiator Anatomy 101:
http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/EPC/291420/catalog.aspx?F=1603&P=3
And yes, they're rebuildable.
Pulling the rad is cake. Drain the coolant, disconnect the two big hoses and the small one which runs to the overflow tank, then either remove the fan shroud or the clutch fan, the two metal braces on top of the rad and pull it out.
http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/EPC/291420/catalog.aspx?F=1603&P=3
And yes, they're rebuildable.
Pulling the rad is cake. Drain the coolant, disconnect the two big hoses and the small one which runs to the overflow tank, then either remove the fan shroud or the clutch fan, the two metal braces on top of the rad and pull it out.
Make SURE you find the exact spot its leaking from before you replace the radiator!
My friends car had a pin sized hole in a hose spraying onto another peice of coolant devise, and it threw us off big time!
My friends car had a pin sized hole in a hose spraying onto another peice of coolant devise, and it threw us off big time!
Checked the hoses and everyting looks good, i'm gunna pull the rad out tommorrow, now is there anything i should look for that would be out of the ordinary? I was thinking of shooting water into it and see if anything leaks, what u guys think?
Borrow a coolant system pressure tester from local parts store. Pump it up to 15, and look for the leak.
Da Bushman said:
Basically, it's aluminum or nickel platelets which you pour in and pray they don't clog any thing other then the leak.
it just clogs everything it can find and also all leaks. It causes more trouble then solves them
Alright guys i turned on the car and let it run to operating temp. The radiator started leaking again and from what i saw there was a boiling/steam sound coming from the top of radiator on the driver side and looking closely it was leaking from that area. I'll take a pic soon.