losin water...dont kno were its goin!!!

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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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ok so i got ym car back from getting inspected and i start drivin it around.and it got really hot..so i looked and there was like no water in it i was like o crap.so i filled it up and i drove it around today and now its low again.i think its comin out the exhaust but i have no idea how its goin through.my dad says he thinks the intake manifold is no good.any ideas?? thx
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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ORIGINAL: daltons 1980any ideas?? thx

Yeah, pull the dip stick out and check to see if the oil has a milky white color. If it does, then you know where the water is going and its most likely a gasket.

If the oil is ok, I'd try the weep hole on the bottom of the water pump.

All I can think of off the top of my head.....
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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ok thx...i kno the oil is good..but when i first bough the car milky oil was the reason for a whole rebuild.....ill look at the pump tomarrow
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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pressure test it. and keep a look out.
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 09:19 AM
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its also a possibility that the head gasket could worn, also that same thing happened to my friends el camino, it turned out that the cylinder wall in the number 3 cylinder had a very small but quite long microscopic crack in it, and it used to just leak into the oil, at first it seemed kinda wierd because it didn't show up, but we let it sit for a little while and there it was, we found that the oil was like 4 quarts to high and the water was empty, sometimes, i'm not sure how it works but you'll run the car and as its leaking in, it tends to burn instead of seeping into the oil pan, do you notice any white smoke coming out of the exhaust?
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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nope there was no white smoke.and we just rebuilt the motor and went over the heads and block and all.also it seems to like come out of the overflow alot when i shut the car off.right now i have a hose with a soda bottle catching all the overflow
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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your overflow might be cracked, good chance of that, same thing happened with my moms taurus, we had no idea where it was coming from until i did a pressure test and the crack bursted, you might get away with just replacing the overflow and you'll be ready to go.
 
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