alright so i just installed my FMIC, radiator, coolant hoses and such. i went to take the car out for a quick spin to see how it ran. went about a mile down the road and turned around. now my add coolant sensor is consantly going off because the wire is disconnected, but when i got home, the temp gauge rose to the redline. turned off the car, and alot of coolant was lost, but i could see none dripping. i had this problem a few times before where i would drive it and it would just lose coolant. does this mean there is an internal coolant leak? if so, how do i check it and fix it?

 

Check your coolant and AST caps, check under the car for any visible leaks. Does it smoke (besides when you crank it in the morning)? Is there water leaking from under the passenger head light area?. I'm no expert but you might(maybe/probably) have a bad coolant seal already. Try searching a bit .

Good Luck BTW

 

First, recheck your work on the coolant hoses.

Next, keep burping the coolant system. Fill a little coolant, squeeze the radiator hose a little, fill a little more (and so on). Run the car with the heater on full for a while... Repeat until the coolant system has purged all the air.

 

As he stated, if you just installed a radiator, you should have burped the system before you did anything. Once you fill it up, start the car and the coolant will be sucked down, run the heater while filling it. Also a good way to know if your coolant seal is bad is if the coolant is full, but you can see small bubbles coming up at the filler neck. OR if your car is smoking white.

 

yes the car smokes white somewhere around the area of the Y pipe...this means bad coolant seal?

 

where can i buy the coolant seal? i've searched everywhere but no one have herd of it. NEED HELP!!!

 

Coolant seals are the internal engine o-rings for the housings. That requires an engine rebuild to replace them (as well as the other worn engine parts).

 

Nope, that means you probably have a coolant leak which is dripping the coolant onto the hot turbos and burning off. If that is the case, I suggest you fix it quick as coolant (unless it's straight water or something else) is flammable.

 

And also fix it because that dribbling leak could become a complete burst at any time. And a complete burst while on the road is a major cause of overheated motors.

Dave

 

well i wont dare drive it untill i fix the problem...but im glad to know its not a seal