rocklandxjer
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Rockland, NY
hey guys.
if you've seen my build, you've seen that my '88 has been running smoothly for a week or so now, albeit only in small bursts. well today, i decided to take her out on an extended drive [well, longer than usual] all seemed well until i parked her and let her sit for a while. i saw a stream of coolant coming from the engine bay to the floor.
DAMN.
so i checked it out and she was steaming [obviously] and there was a hole burst in on of the coolant lines [i forget which one -duh- i have to check tomorrow but i beieve it was the one to the bottom of the pressure bottle]
so that was causing a lot of the leakage, but there was also fluid dripping from what appeared to be where the oil pan met the block [however, i think it was merely collecting there after dripping down] so ill have to check that as well [that would suck]
anyway, my question is what is this a possible symptom of?
shot radiator?
maybe in my efforts to stop a small wispy noise on the pressure bottle from the little nozzle up top -i used gasket maker to seal it- perhaps i created too much pressure in the system.
i really dont know much about this closed system...
Travis
if you've seen my build, you've seen that my '88 has been running smoothly for a week or so now, albeit only in small bursts. well today, i decided to take her out on an extended drive [well, longer than usual] all seemed well until i parked her and let her sit for a while. i saw a stream of coolant coming from the engine bay to the floor.
DAMN.
so i checked it out and she was steaming [obviously] and there was a hole burst in on of the coolant lines [i forget which one -duh- i have to check tomorrow but i beieve it was the one to the bottom of the pressure bottle]
so that was causing a lot of the leakage, but there was also fluid dripping from what appeared to be where the oil pan met the block [however, i think it was merely collecting there after dripping down] so ill have to check that as well [that would suck]
anyway, my question is what is this a possible symptom of?
shot radiator?
maybe in my efforts to stop a small wispy noise on the pressure bottle from the little nozzle up top -i used gasket maker to seal it- perhaps i created too much pressure in the system.
i really dont know much about this closed system...
Travis