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Originally Posted by oneav8or
Thanks again Blazes. Unfortunatly you are right (as usual), and my intake manifold is leaking. Borrowed a pressure tester and found the small leak from the intake manifold. Thanks for the info, as I will be also changing this myself. Will report back when I'm finished.
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oneav8or,
Where did you get the pressure tester from and how exactly do you hook it up? If this is the best way to check for a leaking intake manifold gasket, I want to try it before doing this huge job. Also, before I am able to attack this job, I have been changing my oil about once a month just to keep it running and it has been keeping my lifters fairly quiet temporarily. My lifters start ticking again when cold about 3 weeks to a month after the last oil change. Lastly, It was getting expensive to keep pouring dexcool into the radiator and reservoir, so I heard I could use the green anti-freeze instead of the orange dexcool. I was losing about a quart of coolant every week or two with no visible signs on the ground or around the engine. That is why I was asking if I could be losing this coolant out the exhaust manifold because I cannot find a leak. Maybe it is leaking out the exhaust while driving. Is this possible? I now have heard that you should never mix the 2 colors of anti-freeze. I am not sure which is correct. Any suggestions would be great to know.