sorry to be so urgent but i'm supposed to do something for the MIL today and she's 150 mile round trip! so, after getting our headgasket replaced several months ago and all was fine i looked at the overfill tank and the level was low. crawled under and saw the coolant is leaking from both ends of the cam cover (ft cover that covers timing belt). also, i checked the oil and it was down a quart. [it uses a little oil so i check frequently] here's where it gets tricky--i overfilled the oil several days ago by a good 1/2 inch on the stick. i thought it would good use it up but i have been concerned. do you think i could have blown a seal that could be causing the coolant to leak out? is there a seal that when blown can cause the coolant AND the oil to leak out? thanks for any info, but i'm trying to see if this cant wait until Monday when i can get it to the shop... jim
Check all of your fittings and make sure it's not a loose clamp or a bad hose. If you do the water pump do the timing belt and idlers at the same time.
well I found a leak in that top hose! it needs to be replaced but at least I can tighten it up and get to the MIL's...thanks for the input Terry
yes, i'm not out of the woods yet. tightened the clamp and havent seen it leak since but it STILL has coolant leaking out of the cam covers? guess it is the waterpump
Got behind the timing belt cover then got flung around by all the moving parts causing it to look like its leaking all over the bottom of the cover?
tash, i now believe thats exactly what happened. i havent seen any leaking in last two days and i believe the leaking hose was the issue. sure glad of that
