My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
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My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
Sorry wasnt sure where to post this but;
Car is a 1996 ek, was changing the coolant in my radiator and decided to clean my iacv as well, so i cleaned the iacv, topped up with cooolant but noticed it was taking alot more coolant than it shouldve, which is when i noticed the coolant leak, it was coming out of the intake, so i took out the intake, throttle body, and peeked inside to see the whole intake manifold filled with coolant, must have had a leak through the iacv?
the car hasnt been started yet, is there a way to drain the intake without removing the whole thing along with all the hoses connected to it? Can i just loosen the bolts that connect the manifold to the engine and let it drain like that? Is my car screwed?
Thanks
Car is a 1996 ek, was changing the coolant in my radiator and decided to clean my iacv as well, so i cleaned the iacv, topped up with cooolant but noticed it was taking alot more coolant than it shouldve, which is when i noticed the coolant leak, it was coming out of the intake, so i took out the intake, throttle body, and peeked inside to see the whole intake manifold filled with coolant, must have had a leak through the iacv?
the car hasnt been started yet, is there a way to drain the intake without removing the whole thing along with all the hoses connected to it? Can i just loosen the bolts that connect the manifold to the engine and let it drain like that? Is my car screwed?
Thanks
#2
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
You can just burn the coolant out by runing the car not sure if thats exactly safe.. or you can force air into the manifold(taking 2 hoses off, and blowing air into 1) or sucking the coolant out from only 1 hose.. how much coolant is in the manifold? A cup full? Half a cup?
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
remove spark plugs
unplug injectors
crank engine until water quits spraying out
change oil
reinstall spark plugs
reconnect injectors
start engine
unplug injectors
crank engine until water quits spraying out
change oil
reinstall spark plugs
reconnect injectors
start engine
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
Don't hyrdo-lock your motor by trying to start it.
Also, replace your intake manifold gasket. It could be leaking from where the intake mounts to the head.
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
If coolant gets into the combustion chamber, itll burn, simulating a blown headgasket until all the coolant is burnt. Hydro locking would occur if it was purely water since water cant be compressed.. Coolant can.
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
Either the intake manifold gasket is leaking or the fitv is leaking internally.
It cant be the iacv leaking since the coolant path for the iacv is sealed off.
It cant be the iacv leaking since the coolant path for the iacv is sealed off.
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
You can just burn the coolant out by runing the car not sure if thats exactly safe.. or you can force air into the manifold(taking 2 hoses off, and blowing air into 1) or sucking the coolant out from only 1 hose.. how much coolant is in the manifold? A cup full? Half a cup?
https://i.imgur.com/1ft7dlp.jpg
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
i havent started the car in like a month and there was no probs or signs of any leakage, just now when i poured coolant in with the car off
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
im actually starting to think its the intake manifold gasket now since ive been having idle problems even after cleaning the iacv a month or so ago so will probably replace it
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
Ferio- never know if a guy has 50/50 coolant mix. Some have more water. Not good to chance. + a hg leak is not a full cylinder of liquid, generally.
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
Looking at the diagram its actually possible either the throttle body has a crack or maybe even the gasket is bad.
http://www.hondapartscheap.com/auto-parts/1996/honda/civic-sedan/ex-trim/5-speed-manual-engine/engine-cat/throttle-body-2-scat
http://www.hondapartscheap.com/auto-parts/1996/honda/civic-sedan/ex-trim/5-speed-manual-engine/engine-cat/throttle-body-2-scat
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
Coolant is no less likely to destroy your motor due to hydrolock than water. A SMALL amount of coolant from a MILD HG leak would probably burn off. Any substatial amount of fluid is going to hydrolock it.
Originally Posted by wikipedia
Hydrolock most commonly occurs in automobiles when driving through floods, either where the water is above the level of the air intake or the vehicle's speed is excessive, creating a tall bow wave. A vehicle fitted with a cold air intake mounted low on the vehicle will be especially vulnerable to hydrolocking when being driven through standing water or heavy precipitation. Engine coolant entering the cylinders through various means (such as a blown head gasket) is another common cause.
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
Any other advice to get the coolant out? If i were to just take the manifold off theres a good chance alot of coolant is gonna get into the engine which i would like to avoid
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
A cheap Harbor Freight manual pump might work.
Turkey baster with a Jack in the Box straw? Those straws are kinda big in diameter and could be connected to the baster. What a hassle though.
Turkey baster with a Jack in the Box straw? Those straws are kinda big in diameter and could be connected to the baster. What a hassle though.
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
If you have coolant pooling in the runners, it's already sitting on top of the backs of the intake valves and the one valve set open it's already in the cylinder.
Taking off the intake manifold will let all the coolant drain out of the runners and head.
You still will need to shop vac the intake chambers to get the pooled coolant off the backside of the valves.
As well as having to get the coolant out of whichever cylinder the valves were cracked open on.
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Re: My intake manifold is packed with coolant?
**** off, we didnt know how much coolant was in the manifold until now. You just said the same thing i said, what about my advice was horible?
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