coolant leaking

[|WYG|SS]

i have just got my head back from shop and now i put it on witht the right specs for torque and stuff. is it short bolts at 43 ft lbs and long ones at 47 ft lbs and then it sad turn an aditional 90 degrees. after i got the timing belt on and stuff i got under the car and noticed the news paper i had under it was all wet so i look up and see coolant dripping. i looked to see where it is coming from and all i can see is that it is just above the oil filter holder and dripping off the oil pan edges. are thier those plugs on their that help so u dont crack ur head in the cold in that area. the coolant is also dripping out slow and in the past couple of days the temp out side has gotten colder. its been about 3 weeks sicne i drained some of the coolent out and oil out also.

[richtazz]

what engine does your car have? Did the shop machine the head flat and check it for cracks?

[|WYG|SS]

i have 2.0l , the shop did machine it falt and did not see any cracks.. on the side of the head there is a piece that runs coolant through to the thermostate housing, could this posibly be bad?

[anomaly_va_1976]

The thermostat housing is known to crack on the 2.0 OHC, yes.

['97ventureowner]

anomaly_va_1976 please stop resurrecting old threads. Closed.