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Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell coolant

Postby Sco0oy » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:30 pm

I couldn't see any leak when I filled it up and start the car. Had to fill it up everyday now. And I can also smell like burning coolant or something like that.
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby Robbks » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:40 pm

if you can smell it, it's a small leak somewhere that burns off quickly

inspect the entire cooling system and hoses/ thermostat housing carefully for signs of it leaking (green/white scaly deposits)
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby kiks » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:52 pm

Get under car and laugh at the white mess and dripping coolant from the left side rear piston area at the headgasket.
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby cruisn » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:00 pm

My head gasket just went.

No coolant leaks into the oil or outside the engine, but my exhaust system is now water cooled. :lol:
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby Kekotic » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:03 pm

Back when I worked at a mechanics for a bit, bosses friends brother brought in his small truck, and he had oil inside his radiator. That was the most fucked up thing I had ever seen.
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby kiks » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:52 pm

cruisn wrote:My head gasket just went.

No coolant leaks into the oil or outside the engine, but my exhaust system is now water cooled. :lol:


keep the water up to it and it'll be fine indefinitely, you dont want to know how long my ej20 and ej25's lasted with water pissing out onto the heads and plumes of white smoke :p
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby cruisn » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:06 pm

kiks wrote:
keep the water up to it and it'll be fine indefinitely, you dont want to know how long my ej20 and ej25's lasted with water pissing out onto the heads and plumes of white smoke :p


New engine on its way tomorrow. :wink:
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby Sco0oy » Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:47 pm

Just changed my thermostat and radiator cap and now my car is overheating. Almost went up to red level. And plus my both fans r running at full speed non stop. I checked my hoses. Top hose is hot but bottom one isn't. Friends told me that my head gasket might be fuk coz I see bubble when I fill water up but it stop when the water is full. Help??
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby Sco0oy » Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:51 pm

Robbks wrote:if you can smell it, it's a small leak somewhere that burns off quickly

inspect the entire cooling system and hoses/ thermostat housing carefully for signs of it leaking (green/white scaly deposits)


I checked it today and I could see some white scaly stuff inside.
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby Ric » Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:11 pm

Sco0oy wrote:Just changed my thermostat and radiator cap and now my car is overheating. Almost went up to red level. And plus my both fans r running at full speed non stop. I checked my hoses. Top hose is hot but bottom one isn't.

That sounds more like your new thermostat is jammed shut.

Friends told me that my head gasket might be fuk coz I see bubble when I fill water up but it stop when the water is full. Help??

Of course you see air coming back out of the system after you fill it up.
You'd get a stream of them while the engine is running now if there was a leak.
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Re: Had to fill up my coolant almost everyday and smell cool

Postby Sco0oy » Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:48 pm

Ric wrote:
Sco0oy wrote:Just changed my thermostat and radiator cap and now my car is overheating. Almost went up to red level. And plus my both fans r running at full speed non stop. I checked my hoses. Top hose is hot but bottom one isn't.

That sounds more like your new thermostat is jammed shut.

Friends told me that my head gasket might be fuk coz I see bubble when I fill water up but it stop when the water is full. Help??

Of course you see air coming back out of the system after you fill it up.
You'd get a stream of them while the engine is running now if there was a leak.

Thanks (: I rebleed the system and everything is bk to normal. Bottom become hot in less than 2mins after bleeding. Bubble stop and everything is bk to normal. Thanks heaps for help guys. Much appreciate it (:
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