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Old Mar 6, 2003 | 10:28 PM
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weird coolant leak

ok i havent got the chasnce to go really close into looking at this but i have a small coolant trickle that looks like it could be coming out from under my intake manifold in the front driverside corner i might be wrong but is there anything that would cause that???
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Old Mar 6, 2003 | 10:41 PM
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maybe a bad head or intake gasket
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 06:33 AM
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im hoping intake gasket, heads are to damn expensive its not burning coolant at all so im not sure but thanks
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 06:41 AM
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IF you can't find the source of the leak, after cleaning everything off and looking closely, you might want to check the "weep hole" in the water pump. I chased a really weird coolant leak for several weeks...it ONLY leaked after driving for awhile, then shutting the car off. It turned out to be the water pump.



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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 01:28 PM
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i have an idea of where its comin from its actually on the naifold where it flows into the cylinder heads it drips out and runs down the front of the block i had to replace my water pump i did the same thing you did i thought it was the lower hose but it was goin down the water pump and onto the hose thanks for the help i think im gonna order a new intake manifold and just do it when i replace the gasket
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 01:39 PM
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thats the sprit!!!

if i have to unbolt it, i am darn right going to replace it with something better!
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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exactly ,why waste the money in gaskets if your gonna do it eventually anyways
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 01:47 PM
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Originally posted by RED92BIRD305
exactly ,why waste the money in gaskets if your gonna do it eventually anyways
heh, thats what i said, 600 bones later, i STILL am buying parts, because i was "going to be replacing gaskets"

lol, i also spent ALOT of money on my suspension, when i was just going to a little upgrade YEAH RIGHT.

but that kind of atitude is what makes us all enthusiests!
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 01:51 PM
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i finally have a lot of money saved up and im trying to find out what to do with it next but im leanin really far toward a posi and 3.73 gears
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 01:53 PM
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i am already in the middle of 2 projects on mine.

hopefully both of them will be done by summer.

then comes gears and posi!!!

currently i am working on finishing my suspension (woohoo i have less than 2k left on that!!!!)

and also heads/cam/intake/headers!
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 03:31 PM
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ive heard alot about doin the rear end first so im gonna do that i have headers sittin here in my kitchen waitin for my friend to come and pick them up. he works at a dipping plant and is going to nickel plate them for me so that they dont rust then i have the valve covers which is no big deal just look a little better i would like to get a set of fourth gen also but it all happens in the order of availiability
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