Coolant catastrophe! What do you suppose let go?

[cmz829]

i think i may have the same sort of problem whenever i put my heat on when i am stopped i smell something but i cant really smell it when im moving and you can slightly smell it outside the car near the hood would it be radiator coolant leaking? or could oil leaking cause me to smell it through the heater also my oil level still seems to be the same and my coolant i topped off the overflow once and that was two days after i got it

 

[TimboSHO]

Easy fix just as I'd hoped

The rearmost TB coolant line, the one that goes down, then bends 90 degrees back to the block, had a 1/2 inch gash in it. The gash was back near the engine block, so I couldn't see it Thursday night, but today with daylight and the air intake tube out of the way it was plain as day. $1.00 and 45 minutes later I'm back on the road.

Easy fixes are nice After doing freeze plugs in my 91 the coolant hose right by the oil filter split open and I lost most of my brand new coolant. I got a foot of hose for $.60 and some more coolant and I'm good to go.

BTW, did you have problems keeping the new hose bent without collapsing? I had to wait until the coolant had heated the hose enough to make sure it would flow through... otherwise maybe I need a longer hose (which would hit the rad fan) or more flexible hose?

 

[290]

If you wanted to get crazy with it you could run it to a trans cooler. You get a small addition to the cooling system right before the oil cooler and you dont have to worry about the hose kinking, just a thought

 

[Huntervf]

i think i may have the same sort of problem whenever i put my heat on when i am stopped i smell something but i cant really smell it when im moving and you can slightly smell it outside the car near the hood would it be radiator coolant leaking? or could oil leaking cause me to smell it through the heater also my oil level still seems to be the same and my coolant i topped off the overflow once and that was two days after i got it

Do you smell burning oil or coolant??

 

[cmz829]

i dont know how to tell the differance

 

[Huntervf]

Uh, might want to take it to a shop then Coolant smells sweet. Oil doesn't.

 

[SHOZ123]

If you wanted to get crazy with it you could run it to a trans cooler. You get a small addition to the cooling system right before the oil cooler and you dont have to worry about the hose kinking, just a thought

I use to do that.