Hey guys, I recently replaced my headgasket and now am having some other cooling system problems.
When I first started the car after fixing I blew a lot of white smoke everywhere. It went away on it's own and has been fine since (about 3 weeks) until now.
I've been using my climate control and noticing that I am losing coolant... and after a few days I got a nice puddle on my driver's side floor.
I'm wondering if it could be the heatercore that is leaky? Also I did notice a bit of water leaking out of the hose that goes into the firewall on the drivers side, I re-tightened the clamp and it was fine (I think) after that.
Now a few days ago I drove to the gym, which is only a few minutes from my house then I notices while I was inside and the car was parked there was coolant dripping on the ground too. THe next time I started the car it's smoking white again.
It seems like the white might be coming out of the tailpipe too? But I'm not really sure about that.. definitely from underneath the car though. Maybe the metal tube coming out of the firewall got damaged somehow during the hg rebuild and it's not making a good seal/leaking? Regardless bypassing it for now would let me know if the problem is somewhere there or elsewhere.
So I want to bypass the heatercore for the time being and see what happens, but am not 100% clear on which hoses I need to cap/re-route.
On the diagram:
http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/library/TSRM/co/CO_02.gif
I'm just a little confused as to where the hoses go in that diagram, I guess I just want to recheck before I go ahead and try it.
When I first started the car after fixing I blew a lot of white smoke everywhere. It went away on it's own and has been fine since (about 3 weeks) until now.
I've been using my climate control and noticing that I am losing coolant... and after a few days I got a nice puddle on my driver's side floor.
I'm wondering if it could be the heatercore that is leaky? Also I did notice a bit of water leaking out of the hose that goes into the firewall on the drivers side, I re-tightened the clamp and it was fine (I think) after that.
Now a few days ago I drove to the gym, which is only a few minutes from my house then I notices while I was inside and the car was parked there was coolant dripping on the ground too. THe next time I started the car it's smoking white again.
It seems like the white might be coming out of the tailpipe too? But I'm not really sure about that.. definitely from underneath the car though. Maybe the metal tube coming out of the firewall got damaged somehow during the hg rebuild and it's not making a good seal/leaking? Regardless bypassing it for now would let me know if the problem is somewhere there or elsewhere.
So I want to bypass the heatercore for the time being and see what happens, but am not 100% clear on which hoses I need to cap/re-route.
On the diagram:
http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/library/TSRM/co/CO_02.gif
I'm just a little confused as to where the hoses go in that diagram, I guess I just want to recheck before I go ahead and try it.