ok..since march 6th my car has been sitting in a heated garage...i started it and let it run until fully warmed up tonight ..i was looking things over smoking a cigarette and i noticed i smelled burning coolant...but no leaks..i checked all of my coolant lines on the back of the intake manifold and firewall and everything seemd fine...i felt the radiator and it was hot but not burning hot..the fan did not come on yet but i think it was to early for that..i felt both the upper and lower rad hoses and they both were super hot and they both looked a little "bloated" espically right where the hose goes into the head on the top one..both hoses were completly pressurized and bloated looking...this got me worried so i shut it off and decided to figure this out..the idle started loping when it got warm too..any ideas?

b16a in a eg

 

I say sell that p.o.s. and start fixin up that s10, u son of a bitch.hahahahaha.

 

i say my s10 will still smoke your 4 door gsr you HICK!

 

have you noticed if your coolant level has gone down at all in the reservoir?

 

yes the resivour did go down..its below the low mark and i usually keep it full

 

and youre smelling coolant?
check underneath the driverside dash and feel around the floor to see if it feels damp.. or maybe if you can see underneath, there are two bronzish looking pipes, sometimes you can see if something is leaking from them...

maybe your heater core is leaking?

 

this **** is bothering me..i allready have a oem thermostat...enough coolant to do a flush...im gonna pick up new hoses tomorrow after work..headgasket is new..oil is clean..not mixed with coolant

 

hm well id check underneath to see if it was leaking..

 

i did smell a little coolant..but not inside the car...under the hood only..and there arent any leaks...the floor is dry...the sensor on the back of the intake manifold next to the throttle body made a weird buzzing sound but only when i gave it a little throttle(about 500 rpm over idle)..but it went away when it went back to idle(900rpm)

 

its not leaking anywhere...motor is 100% dry interior/carpet is 100% dry..radiator is full to the top of coolant

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by amy del sol &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and youre smelling coolant?
check underneath the driverside dash and feel around the floor to see if it feels damp.. or maybe if you can see underneath, there are two bronzish looking pipes, sometimes you can see if something is leaking from them...

maybe your heater core is leaking?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Umm...maybe, but if you've ever done a heater core on an EG, you'd know that you can't see where the lines go into the case. They're completely hidden from the interior until you remove the entire dash, dash subframe assy, and heater case...

 

maybe its a leaking head gasket and you smell the coolant after its being burned in the exuast system. try a cylinder leak down test on all 4 cylinders

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Who Said &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe its a leaking head gasket and you smell the coolant after its being burned in the exuast system. try a cylinder leak down test on all 4 cylinders</TD></TR></TABLE>

He said its a new head gasket, so I doubt that is the problem.

 

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He said its a new head gasket, so I doubt that is the problem. </TD></TR></TABLE>

It still may be a head issue. Did you get the head checked, to make sure it wasnt warped?

 

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He said its a new head gasket, so I doubt that is the problem. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i would double check...wouldnt hurt and it would elimnate that as a cause. if it has reently been done some one could have made a mistake

 

check ur thermo.....my bottom hose is usually quite cool...