drip in parking lot leaking antifreeze

[newshofan]

ok so i was leaving the movie theater speeding through the parking lot when i hit a dip in the parking lot was deffinitly above 25mph but probly under 45 hit pretty hard. car didnt sputer or anything. but turned around cause i thought i heard something come off?... there was a spot of oil mixed with antifreeze followed by a small trail.checked underneath and its leaking antifreeze. the oil was probly from my oil leak i have. but what could i have broke that would cause it to leak antifreeze coming from somwhere around oil pan. need help here. Thanks.

 

[sperold]

Let the car run on level ground, mark you tires on the ground, then move it to see where it is dripping. Remember, this is where it is leaving the car, not necessarily where the source of the leak is.
Possible sources (in order of occurrence) are rad, rad hoses, heater core lines at back of motor, and small hoses to throttle body on drivers side.

 

[Phokus]

Check your fill cap. I spilled some the other day entering my driveway.

I got a coolant low light so I got some and topped it off. Then I got home and tried to squeeze into my driveway between the curb and my moms car and rolled up on the curb and down again. That seemed to shake the car enough to knock some out of the cap I didn't put it back on right so it wasn't tight

 

[newshofan]

ok thanks but is it possible to crack the block i mean the oil pan doesnt even have a scratch on it. that would be the closest thing. i have some ramps now im going to try and see if anything is loose. i may have just had made enough force for some fluid to come out. but it has been leaking been leaking. but i just put the new radiater in. and was still in the process of cylcing through the hot and cold. it has gotten better. leak wise.

 

[trainguy1989]

but i just put the new radiater in. and was still in the process of cylcing through the hot and cold. it has gotten better. leak wise.

You need to bleed the cooling system. Cycling through hot and cold is not good. You still have air in the cooling system.

 

[newshofan]

ok thanks so i need to check and se if anything is loose down there first though. sureley i couldnt have cracked the block

 

[trainguy1989]

ok thanks so i need to check and se if anything is loose down there first though. sureley i couldnt have cracked the block

Cracked block unlikely.

 

[Chuckblvd]

Maybe a freeze plug or the tube that goes from the waterpump to the lower hose. but you deff. need to bleed that sucker and check it out real good a flash light helps even in the day.

Chuck

 

[sperold]

You did not crack the block.
You may have cracked your overflow jug.
Like Trainguy said, get the air out of the system right away, try parking with the nose up and maybe loosen off some high point items in an attempt to coax the air out.
Get a hand pump pressure tester and install it on your rad and take the system up to 10 pounds and see if it holds.
If it leaks down, get a good flashlight and maybe a small mirror, and go looking for the trail of coolant.

 

[newshofan]

ok i will try that. and how would i have cracked the overflow tank? i looked underneath today and my metal skid bar was partly of on the passenger side so i guess i broke that

 

[sperold]

The overflow jug is an odd shape and it sits rather loosely beside the rad. The bottom of the jug has a tang extension to locate it, and gravity holds it in place (as well as the top bolt on the rad saddle. Most of them have been repaired in the past and it is unusual to find one in great condition. I don't know why they are all so leaky, but they are. You could have opened up an old leak or started a new one by jogging it around during your "clean air" parking lot drive.

 

[newshofan]

ok yea im going to try and do a more through and through check a bit later it not that bad of a leak but the coolant is leaking on the exaust causing some smoke.

 

[Bob Gervais]

Cam cancer. Noes.

 

[newshofan]

i need to do my front 60k. io think the leak is comming from my water pump i checked the pully on it.Glanced at it whille it was running and it is wobbling a bit i may have somehow shook it loose or possibly broke it. am i making the right assumption?

 

[Bob Gervais]

It's very unlikely that you broke the water pump by bottoming the car out. Perhaps it is leaking, but most likely not from your parking lot festivities.

 

[newshofan]

It's very unlikely that you broke the water pump by bottoming the car out. Perhaps it is leaking, but most likely not from your parking lot festivities.

so what would be your suggestion? im looking in to getting the front 60k done now. what all should i replace othe than seals water pump im guessing would bennifit as well. anything else i should do?

 

[Bob Gervais]

Well, if the water pump is the source of the leak, then yes get the front 60k done. Water pump, timing belt and tensioner, cam seals, crank seal, and crank position sensor.

If you're not sure if that's where your leak is coming from, you should be able to rent a cooling system pressure tester at Autozone, or one of the other parts stores, and check out your coolant leak.

 

[newshofan]

ok great. im going to try and check it today.

 

[Bob Gervais]

Let us know how you make out. Keep in mind too, as mentioned above (by sperold I think), often times where you see the drip is not where the leak is. There's tons of crevices and stuff for the coolant to travel down before it drips.

 

[Slo-Sho]

Maybe when the car had the downward impact the plastic radiator end tanks said..."Naw, to **** with this crap...I'm taking a leak"