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Coolant puddle on intake manifold [message #349838] Sun, 03 November 2019 16:19 Go to next message
MikeB is currently offline  MikeB   United States
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Yesterday I decided to take the MH into town to fill the tanks and give it my Monthly 40 minutes of driving. Before I left I looked at the motor and found a few puddles sitting down on the right side of the intake manifold. It was probably a few table spoons in each lower indent. I soaked it up with paper towel. I dint see any cracks or evidence of where it may have come from. There is one fairly new heater hose that runs on that side and connects to the rear. I checked that hose for evidence, looseness of clamps and everything on it was clean and tight. After my in town run I checked and there was no additional anti-freeze puddled. I also checked all hose connections, water pump, etc for signs of seepage and I didn't see anything. The PO installed a new aluminum heavy duty WP from applied this last summer.

I couldn't see evidence of the source of the leak but I'm wondering if this is a symptom that y'all have seen before? Could coolant be seeping out at manifold bolts?

The manifold is aluminum.

Thanks
Mike


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Re: [GMCnet] Coolant puddle on intake manifold [message #349840 is a reply to message #349838] Sun, 03 November 2019 16:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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Depends upon which intake manifold you have, and whether or not your deck
surfaces and heads have been milled. If, that is the case, and the angles
between the intake and heads are not correct, and you have an early model
Rockwell manifold, your intake-to-head gaskets might easily be misaligned.
That can and does lead to antifreeze coolant leaks.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Sun, Nov 3, 2019, 2:20 PM mtb8114--- via Gmclist
wrote:

> Yesterday I decided to take the MH into town to fill the tanks and give it
> my Monthly 40 minutes of driving. Before I left I looked at the motor and
> found a few puddles sitting down on the right side of the intake manifold.
> It was probably a few table spoons in each lower indent. I soaked it up
> with paper towel. I dint see any cracks or evidence of where it may have
> come from. There is one fairly new heater hose that runs on that side and
> connects to the rear. I checked that hose for evidence, looseness of
> clamps and everything on it was clean and tight. After my in town run I
> checked
> and there was no additional anti-freeze puddled. I also checked all hose
> connections, water pump, etc for signs of seepage and I didn't see anything.
> The PO installed a new aluminum heavy duty WP from applied this last
> summer.
>
> I couldn't see evidence of the source of the leak but I'm wondering if
> this is a symptom that y'all have seen before? Could coolant be seeping out
> at
> manifold bolts?
>
> The manifold is aluminum.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
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Re: Coolant puddle on intake manifold [message #349843 is a reply to message #349838] Sun, 03 November 2019 17:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dennis S is currently offline  Dennis S   United States
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Just a caution
Before you drive any more check the oil for signs of coolant. If it's leaking outside it may also be leaking internally.

Dennis


MikeB wrote on Sun, 03 November 2019 16:19
Yesterday I decided to take the MH into town to fill the tanks and give it my Monthly 40 minutes of driving. Before I left I looked at the motor and found a few puddles sitting down on the right side of the intake manifold. It was probably a few table spoons in each lower indent. I soaked it up with paper towel. I dint see any cracks or evidence of where it may have come from. There is one fairly new heater hose that runs on that side and connects to the rear. I checked that hose for evidence, looseness of clamps and everything on it was clean and tight. After my in town run I checked and there was no additional anti-freeze puddled. I also checked all hose connections, water pump, etc for signs of seepage and I didn't see anything. The PO installed a new aluminum heavy duty WP from applied this last summer.

I couldn't see evidence of the source of the leak but I'm wondering if this is a symptom that y'all have seen before? Could coolant be seeping out at manifold bolts?

The manifold is aluminum.

Thanks
Mike


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Memphis TN Metro
Re: [GMCnet] Coolant puddle on intake manifold [message #349850 is a reply to message #349843] Sun, 03 November 2019 22:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jimk is currently offline  jimk   United States
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Pressurise the cooling system with a coolant pump up to 20-25 psi and watch
for leaks.
Should be able to rent one at a parts store.


On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 3:31 PM Dennis Sexton via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:

> Just a caution
> Before you drive any more check the oil for signs of coolant. If it's
> leaking outside it may also be leaking internally.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> MikeB wrote on Sun, 03 November 2019 16:19
>> Yesterday I decided to take the MH into town to fill the tanks and give
> it my Monthly 40 minutes of driving. Before I left I looked at the motor
>> and found a few puddles sitting down on the right side of the intake
> manifold. It was probably a few table spoons in each lower indent. I soaked
> it
>> up with paper towel. I dint see any cracks or evidence of where it may
> have come from. There is one fairly new heater hose that runs on that side
>> and connects to the rear. I checked that hose for evidence, looseness of
> clamps and everything on it was clean and tight. After my in town run I
>> checked and there was no additional anti-freeze puddled. I also checked
> all hose connections, water pump, etc for signs of seepage and I didn't see
>> anything. The PO installed a new aluminum heavy duty WP from applied
> this last summer.
>>
>> I couldn't see evidence of the source of the leak but I'm wondering if
> this is a symptom that y'all have seen before? Could coolant be seeping out
>> at manifold bolts?
>>
>> The manifold is aluminum.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mike
>
>
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> 73 Painted Desert 230
> Memphis TN Metro
>
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Re: Coolant puddle on intake manifold [message #349854 is a reply to message #349838] Mon, 04 November 2019 01:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ken Burton is currently offline  Ken Burton   United States
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Do not get carried away with all of the difficult possibilities. Instead go look for the easy and most likely things first first.

For example look at hoses and hose connections. They are on top of the manifold and it is logical that they would puddle antifreeze there.

Next would be the thermostat housing and gasket. The one that really threw me off for a while was thermostat housing bolts. They go through the housing and the manifold and into the coolant carrying area. I once had some leaking up through the threads of those bolts. The fix was simple. Remove them one at a time and put some sealant on the bolt threads. I used aviation permatex.

After looking at all of that, then you can look at more difficult things to fix.

A cooling system pressure tester can also help by pressurizing the whole system COLD and watching for leaks WITHOUT the engine running. Do not go over 10 PSI.


Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
Re: Coolant puddle on intake manifold [message #349859 is a reply to message #349838] Mon, 04 November 2019 07:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Also, do not think the tester set loaned by Advance will work. It won't. You will have to sacrifice a radiator cap and make it into an inlet for pressure. Last resort that is.

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Re: Coolant puddle on intake manifold [message #349874 is a reply to message #349838] Mon, 04 November 2019 15:57 Go to previous message
MikeB is currently offline  MikeB   United States
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Thanks for the tips. I'll follow up when I find something out.

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