I Need Help!!!!!
01-29-02, 07:48 PM
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I Need Help!!!!!
i dont know what the problem is, i am too scared to drive my car...the coolant is leaking from somewhere but i cant tell because of the panel under the car, i think it might be the radiator because it still has the stock one in it....but i am noit sure..after i drove it today for a while and stoped it started to steam, ALOT...and last night after i drove it i heard a dripping?? or possibly crackling? noise from under the car, it sounded like it was coming from the cat, clogged cat?? but not sure...and last saturday some type of liquid was spit out the exahust when i cold started it....please someone help me, i dont know what to do...because i cant get to the radiator...its blocked from all the other stuff (ie stock airbox, stock intercooler)...what should i do???
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01-29-02, 08:05 PM
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Radiator leaking ? ? ?
Ist off your going to have to jack the car up and remove the underbelly pan. Then you'll have to top off the cooling system and if you can find someone to loan you a cooling system pressure tester, this is what you'll need to locate the leak. It can be as simple as a pin hole leak in a hose, to a cracked radiator....but you have to locate it as the boiling point will be too low on water coolant mixture without pressure.
01-29-02, 08:09 PM
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Yeah and check to make sure your overflow tank of course didn't crack, but my first guess would be the radiator... And to get anything done, the first thing is to remove the belly pan.. also I might remove the air box/intercooler because that would allow you to see the cooling system from up top better, but that is up to you.
01-29-02, 08:17 PM
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I replaced mine from the top because I figured it was easiest this way. My radiator ended up getting a leak at one of the plastic ends, right where they actually get crimped on to the actual radiator core. As for the cat, there might be something wrong with it, but I can't think of it causing your car to spring a cooling system leak. I would first fix the cooling leak then try and inspect the cat. Some signs of your cat being clogged are if you are losing power?? Which is basically comes down to if your turbos are spooling properly. Another sign there may be something wrong is if your cat is glowing bright red after it's been runnning for a while.