Coolant

[janandkyle]

Hi everyone i have just purchased an 01 for real cheap because it gets coolant in the oil, and has a leaking radiator. is there any way to tell if its coming from the intake gasket rather than the head gasket? the car runs great...im willing/able to tear down to intake gaskets for visual inspection and go on to the heads if necessary, just don't want to replace intake gasket only to find out i gotta replac'em again along with head gaskets, i also hate to pull both heads if only one is bad but i guess that cant be helped lol
thanks in advance
Kyle

[danielsatur]

I would consider www.steelseal.com ,see Google ''Youtube Auto steel seal''

[Scrapper]

Originally Posted by janandkyle

Hi everyone i have just purchased an 01 for real cheap because it gets coolant in the oil, and has a leaking radiator. is there any way to tell if its coming from the intake gasket rather than the head gasket? the car runs great...im willing/able to tear down to intake gaskets for visual inspection and go on to the heads if necessary, just don't want to replace intake gasket only to find out i gotta replac'em again along with head gaskets, i also hate to pull both heads if only one is bad but i guess that cant be helped lol
thanks in advance
Kyle

do a comp test on both heads and see witch one on the head gasket or ceacked head you'll no witch one after that and look at plugs see if wet by antifrezze also.

good luck........

[Tech II]

Yeah, have seen them done all over again because it was also a head gasket.....

On these vehicles, if it is a head gasket, it's usually cylinder #1, on the rear head.....

I would get the engine warm......since engine seems to run fine, don't think a compression test will show you anything.....now safely remove the radiator cap, and do an overnight coolant pressure test(since that radiator is leaking, it will have to be replaced first)......then the next morning, remove the plugs and disable fuel and spark, and have someone crank over the vehicle.....especiallly watch number 1 cylinder for coolant.....

If it was me, and the rear head or gasket was leaking, I would still do the front one too...

[janandkyle]

Yeah, i checked compression when i first got it, all cyls were about the same so that told me nothing, i went ahead and ordered both head gaskets and the intake kit now the question is how much of a biotch its gonna be to get at the back one?? looks like rolling the engine forward at the very least!! Also i just got a new a/c condenser to install when the rad gets here, anyone know roughly how much oil i should put back in after i install it and vaccum the system? By the way thanks everyone for the replies!!

[janandkyle]

hi guys, quick follow up, changed lim gasket and all is well!

[aleekat]

Originally Posted by danielsatur

I would consider www.steelseal.com ,see Google ''Youtube Auto steel seal''

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