noyorol i can relate im starting to hat my dsm also!!! help!!!

[red12]

It seem like time after time i run into somthing with this car! The first day i got it was stolen!!! i had to put over 1000 in repairs because i had no insurance thats how new i got the car!!! Every once and a while somthing will pop up... this time its a fucken colant leak and oil leak (but i know what the problem is with that one) and a bad one!! since i got let go from toyota as a mechanic i dont have access to a lift to pin point the problem... The thing is the colant leak is wierd once in a whil when i start the car it will bust a coolant nut (yes this term is inappropriate but i want you guys to get the picture ) all over the garage!! BUT i cannot seem to find it from looking up top because everything is dry. i have a general idea area of were its comming from and thats the back of the block. I hope to got god its not the head gasket but i dont think so i just put a comectic metal head gasket on less that 6 months ago. the waterpump is new so it isnt that... im not boosting its stock so far i (dont want to boost on a 7 bolt motor there shit....) and only other mod i have is the K&N air filther assembly... i dont even have exhaust. Oh and a open atmosphere blow off valve. you guys have any sugestions? I wonder if it has to the fact that im using a pure sthenthetic... i heard they strink your seals and remove the old deposits from when crude oil was present. Incase your wondering im using ams oil 10w40 turbo formulated with mobil one filter it does a tremdous job but as soon as i get the money im swicthing to royal purple to see if it lives up to all hype.. anyway im going to vistit my old autoshop hopefully he'll let me use his lift.. i hope its nothing major because i cant even afford stop leak right now!!! thank you for taking a look any and just about all susgestions are welcome.

[anarchy1114]

i don't have a turbo eclipse but i can relate to it cause i'm at 93,000 on my gs and everything is starting to go wrong. i hate this dsm hopefully i'lll have better luck on my next eclipse . and hope everything works out on ur eclipse. best of luck

[skyllz]

Usually its the previous owner and how it was kept. My RS, turbocharged with Hahn has not had any problems what so ever since I got it 3 months ago. Do the occasional oil checks, etc and everything should go well.

Hope everything works out to both of you.

[kjewer1]

If its from behind the motor it has to be the heater lines, and those do go out and is perfectly normal. The best thing to do is get the pressure tester from autozone or other parts store that rents them for free. Pump it up, and you'll see the leak. I've had leaks that only show up when the cooling system is under a lot of pressure (high rpm) and could only be found with that tester.

[red12]

thanks for the advice guys i figured it out it was a lose hose!!! go figure dont get me wrong i love my baby but at times i get really pist off when i invested all this money and shit still goes wrong!!! and for the record if i come up on a sweet deal for a gtr im taken it!!! no offense dsm'ers I LOVE DSMS TO DEATH but the skyline has been one of my dream cars.... next to a collection of lambos... and the famed gt40 corba.

[BoostedSpyder]

not to get off topic too much, but i had a heater line bust in my old gmc jimmy 4x4 out in the middle of nowhere and it flooded my interior! i swear that engine was unstoppable, i lost the h2o pump on the way back [like a 25 minute drive in 4x4 country] and was putting h2o in it at every stop possible. when i got it home i closed the loop to the heater element and replaced the h2o pump and no problems. although it did stink like radiator fluid for like 3 or 4 months... just a side story...