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leaking coolant??

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:27 am
by pedroa06
ok wel i swapped the p32 intake manifold and whenever i remove the radiator cap it startes leaking coolant but i cant see from where somwhere orund the oil pan.. and once i put the cap back on it stops leaking.. any suggestions?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:30 am
by teal_dx
the oil pan goes all around the bottom of the engine. You gotta be a little more specific... front (header side) or back (intake side) left or right side...

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:37 am
by pedroa06
its leaking like in the midle of the block
intake side passenger but i cant see it really leakin when i look at it but i can hear it..

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:44 am
by teal_dx
check around the water pipe:


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#11 in the pic

check #8 too.

That's where most of your small coolant lines connect

(pic is DOHC, but sohc's have those parts too.)

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:45 am
by pedroa06
i figured out where its leaking from its leaking from the passemger side intake side rite next to the vtec selniod..
what can i do to, to make it stop leaking ..?
rtv silicon lolz...
??

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:57 am
by pedroa06
yeah its the bolt for the intake manifold rite next to the vtec siliniod..
i tightened alot and it leaks a lil is there any kind of silicon i can put around it? rtv?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:08 pm
by teal_dx
you used a new IM gasket right? Did you look to see if all the passages lined up?
Silicone is a temporary solution, and not a very reliable. You need to find out why it is leaking, what is causing it to leak?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:22 pm
by pedroa06
lolz i didnt change the intake manifold gasket.. to lazy to go to autozone..
but yesterday i was up late trying to figure it out and i tightened the bolts up and it seemed to leak just a lil now..

i didnt put the middle bottom bolt its to hard to put in how do you guys put the middle bottom bolt in? i tried every way i can and i cant seem to twist it in..!!

im all swore but i need it running good because i need to make a trip to grocery store..

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:43 pm
by pedroa06
thanks everybody for the help today i was looking at it closely and seen a crack on the im so im just gonna put the tock one back one and when i removed it .. it was cracked and thats why im guesssing it was leaking.. :lol: