Impromptu tech day. Coolant leak.

[mk2tmr2]

Going to be doing a search and repair on a mysterious and significant coolant leak tomorrow. It'll be at my home in Frisco. Hit me with a text if ur bored and want to stop by. 469-879-0466

[channelmaniac]

Would've helped if you had given a general location of the leak.

Check the hose under the exhaust manifold. It's hidden and isn't commonly replaced when doing general maintenance.

RJ

[jrj512]

Also make sure that you rev the engine while looking under the hood. I have had two cars where the leak become very apparent once I added some RPMs.

[mk2tmr2]

I don't know the general location of the leak. Just know it is dripping off the undertray in pretty disconcerting amounts. I'm digging into it today. Hence the reasonni posted this thread.

Thanks for the tips.

[jerrykr]

Take off the under tray, if you have access to a coolant pressure tester, you will find it quickly. Test cold of course.

Otherwise, with the tray removed bring it up to temp, and look all over carefully. It helps to have the front end of the car up on jack stands to see the lower stuff from under the car.

Just went thru this myself. Lower seam tank leak on a fairly new metal radiator, go figure. Radiator shop repaired it for under $50.

[mk2tmr2]

It's fixed. Turned out it was the lower radiator hose leaking at the block end. All hoses are pretty much new. I guess I didn't tighten the clamp enough and the recent cold weather instigated the leak. So the good news is that it was a straightforward fix. The bad news is that the supercharger had to come off to get to it PITA