coolant desseappears :(

[yamaha92sho]

hello guys,

well like 3 weeks ago or so I just had the front 60 k done ( waterpump- timing belt, cps sensor, cam seals, - also plugs, wires, and valve cover gasket. now i've been smelling burned antifrezze mixed with oil burn smell. once in 4 days i have to refill the coolant reservoir bottle with coolant... where is my coolant going ( no leaks or steam out of engine bay that can be in visual contact ) .. please help what is going on with my SHO??.. why is the smell of antifreze and burned oil mixed together ??.. do i have a bad head gasket or a blown one id rather say ??..

please help me :wave:

 

[JoeHoe_SHO]

Change your oil and see what it looks like. If it looks milky, its bad news...

 

[black93sho]

It might just be leaking from a hose and burning off when it hits something hot. My SHO has been losing a little coolant, ever since winter started. Once every 4 weeks I have to refill the resovoir when the low coolant light comes on. I'm not gonna bother with it until it starts to be a bigger problem.

 

[Rockledge]

There's a a lot of places for coolant to leak. I would initially suspect that maybe something wasn't put back together properly from the recent work that was done.

 

[Fourcats]

After checking the coolant level in the COLD radiator, put on a new radiator cap and take it back to the shop.

 

[yamaha92sho]

JoeHoe_SHO
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Change your oil and see what it looks like. If it looks milky, its bad news...
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Thanks JoeHoeSHO willd o so tomorrow as i am off from work so i will hit with you advice first.. I hope nothing milky or yougurty will appear in the oil pan as you said..
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black93sho
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It might just be leaking from a hose and burning off when it hits something hot. My SHO has been losing a little coolant, ever since winter started. Once every 4 weeks I have to refill the resovoir when the low coolant light comes on. I'm not gonna bother with it until it starts to be a bigger problem.

black93sho
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black94sho thanks for your reply, that might be one posibility what you said , as i mendtioned for tomorrow i will do an oil change and i will check teh hose connections... thanks
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'94 MTX
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There's a a lot of places for coolant to leak. I would initially suspect that maybe something wasn't put back together properly from the recent work that was done.
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94 mtx thanks for reply. hmm ... yes that might be right too.. as i said for 93blacksho i will check all hose connections tomorrow when i will do an oil change.. and after keep you guys updated..
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Fourcats
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After checking the coolant level in the COLD radiator, put on a new radiator cap and take it back to the shop.

Fourcats.
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i will replace the radiator cap also, but i can not take the car back to the shop ( unless you call a shop my garage -house ) i recently did all the work my self , but as other users mentioned their ideas above i will follow some steps and to see what i can coem up with. thanks for your sugestion and reply..

:wave:

 

[bertha66]

For my 93, when I checked the rad. I fond that it was leaking at diferant times, being that the rad. is made out of two diferant things, it would exspan and contract deferantly and finaly needed to be replaced.

 

[Slo-Sho]

How much extra for the spell checker option in the software?

 

[fred79]

don't forget to really look over all those small tubes running to the intake on the thermostat side, I had a small coolant leak that eventually became a gusher when a dry rotted tube purst and poured collant all throught the bay.

 

[wood_e]

My money is on one of your radiator end tanks leaking

 

[kickeralpine]

mine is doing the same thing i just got it back togher and it is just the old oil and anti freeze burning of the cat converter from changing the seals and pump dont worry about it and for your lose of antifreeze it will keep sucking it down for awhile till the air gets out filled my jug twich and no leaks so dont sweat it

 

[sdpatt]

Take a look at the bottom of the lower timing belt cover for any green drips. If you see them, then either the new pump shaft seals, the pump casing gasket (if reman installed), the crossover tube outlet O-ring or the pump-to-block outlet O-ring is leaking.

Coolant that dripped onto the cat should have burned off within the first 10 minutes the engine was running.

 

[yamaha92sho]

Hello Guys,

i HAVNE'T BEEN ONLINE AT THE FORUM HERE CAUSE SOME CONNECTION PROBLEMS.. BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE HELP AND ADVICES THAT YOU GAVE ME .. I ALREADY FOUND THE LEAK THAT WAS DESEPEARING MY COOLANT ..

THANKS ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR THE HELP...