Need to know ANYTHING asap if its just the under blower coolant tube I can do it but I have a 15 day straight work schedule BUT I can do it this weekend, Here is what happened.
1) Noticed a smell after PUNCHING IT racing my friend, got to the light saw steam. Inspected it and found the leak to come from the FAR left of the 2 nipples on the LEFT cooler only. Thought maybe the hose cracked etc. it is 22 years old so I cut all 3 back 1/2 in re installed and NO leak.
2) One week later did the same thing after a hard punch, smelled coolant, steam etc, inspected it to find the nipple right next to it was dribbling from the bottom, put a real clamp on that one too and NO leak.
3) Then tonight I come out of Target to see a puddle of coolant under the car. Coming from front by oil filter and a little from the back by bell housing. So I would assume this is the under blower hose from hell. When I came home and jacked it up and angled the car backwards the coolant really came out the back like it was pooled up in the valley.
The real thing here is I had a pressurized leak from an intercooler hose that never really ever leaks, fixed it then the nipple next to it starts leaking, clamed that then valley hose ruptures. Why is this seem to be pressurizing is the question?
Now about 6 mo ago I broke the puke tank nipple off by accident needed a quick fix (which worked) but I had to drill into the broken nipple hole and I threaded in a brass nipple with sealed with rtv, was fine BUT I did drill through that bleed screw and the nipple thread ran into it, it is a possible issue does that vent at all? (yes I ordered a new tank) lol
This all happened in the last week, car runs fine, no smoke, no power loss, no issues at all. This happened ALWAYS under full throttle high pressure.
Oil is CLEAN and fresh, NOTHING in the coolant just red clean fluid. Makes no sense. Any ideas?
No one? Can a head gasket ONLY manifest itself the obvious ways, steam/smoke out exhaust and the cappuccino oil? lol I just do not want to do all the work for the valley hose if it is a hg.
Thanks for all the replies wowza. Anyway I did the chem test and I have a sick stomach and a jag for sale with 6k worth of new parts, liquid turned yellow so the gasket is starting to go.
Classic next-weakest-link-failing syndrome. I had that when I replaced my radiator for a crack in one of the side tanks, then the recovery tank split, then the water pump started spewing. You fix a part that isn't holding pressure, then more pressure builds (correctly) in the system and the next weakest part fails. See the link in my sig for my story on that, but I ended up replacing EVERY hose after doing the rad, recovery tank, and water pump, and it turned out that the valley hose was the only one that actually showed deterioration. It probably had weeks to live by the time I got to it.
The valley hose lives in much more heat than anything else in the cooling system, so it doesn't surprise me that it's the shortest-lived hose.
