eh....bad bad bad COOlent going somewhere.

[thedetailman]

OK. No milky oil. and no milky oil in radiator. Just like (that stupid radiator seal **** that comes to the top) :omg:its like a nasty Poop looking clumpy looking stuff. Anyways.

car idles very rough and when its held at wide open throttle to long. The water really goes.

I literally filled my radiator up and a day later was almost empty.

im freakin.my car usually barks the tires in second. (4l60e tranny) and now its having a hard time start.... THE OIL level has not dropped at all. what so ever.

[truekoa]

Re: eh....bad bad bad COOlent going somewhere.

Have you filled up your radiator and sat there to see where it might leak out from?

I had a similar issue before, I flushed the radiator to get all that gunk out and replaced the upper and lower coolant hoses. There is also two plastic elbow pipes that sit behind idler pully I believe, those can crack and leak as well.

[dmw319]

Re: eh....bad bad bad COOlent going somewhere.

stop freaking out and speak in sentences and then we can try to find out whats going on.

[thedetailman]

Re: eh....bad bad bad COOlent going somewhere.

sorry...I was not aware you could not put 2 and 2 together.

[kristen]

Re: eh....bad bad bad COOlent going somewhere.

gonna have to dry everything off to see where it's coming from

[Rob Bell]

Re: eh....bad bad bad COOlent going somewhere.

If you can get it started and keep it running, fill with coolant or even just water at this point, since you'll be replacing it anyway, and get it up to operating temp, Since you are losing coolant that fast, the leak should become apparent as soon as pressure builds up. Good luck, I hope it's not a head gasket or anything serious. Also monitor the trans fluid level to make sure it's not getting in there.

[ssms5411]

Re: eh....bad bad bad COOlent going somewhere.

I wouldn't run it for long or drive it ,since you risk ruining the engine if it is getting into the engine. Check #1 spark plug to see if antifrezze is getting suck through the TB/upper,lower intakes. I had a TB spacer once the comsite ones and it failed and antifrezze was getting sucked into the engine, finally it got so much the car wouldn't start. I found the problem by pulling the #1 spark plug and it smelled like antifrezze , so I took the TB off first and found the TB spacer had failed , looked like it had been ate away, never new what ate up the spacer but I was glad to find the problem. Changed all spark plugs and put a new TB gasket on minus the spacer and it was good to go. just make sure you check everything so you don't blow a engine. Good luck

[Rob Bell]

Re: eh....bad bad bad COOlent going somewhere.

I agree, I would do what ssms said, it's an easy check.