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Old 09-27-2011, 04:02 AM
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My V6 3.4L has water and oil leaking onto the bottom of the engine.. Not a lot, theres stil plenty water in the resevoir and radiator so im guessing its coming from the block or somewer in the engine.. I noticed this when i changed my starter today... I dont think i have a bad or blown head gasket so Im lost to where the waters coming from... Ill do more exploring tomoro underneth the hood.. Hit me with suggestions if any
 
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Old 09-27-2011, 07:20 AM
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they may not be coming from the same place. But, then again, they might

you need to find the source. Only inspecting will do that
 
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Old 09-27-2011, 09:24 AM
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So many places...

rusted freeze plugs, bad lower intake manifold gaskets, bad head gaskets, heater and/or radiator hoses, throttle body colant hoses, coolant pump, fan switch, coolant temp sensor, etc.

Clean off the engine and then drive it for awhile. Narrow down where the leaks are coming from.

Here's my 3.4 on a stand. Look at all the possible locations for leaks.
 
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Old 09-27-2011, 10:27 AM
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Get your head in there and take a look it could be anything and no one is going to be able to remote diagnose it. If you can't tell where they are coming from you might want to clean the engine and check it again a couple times and if that fails go to the parts store and pick up some some black light dye for oil and coolant and add them and then hit it with black light in a garage or at night to see what glows.
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Old 09-28-2011, 01:45 PM
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yep, it helps alot if we know where or at least what end the coolant is coming from. two common leak areas are the intake manifold and a plastic elbow under the alternator. if i remember right elbow leaks from the front and intake from the back most times. heater hoses are also a common place for leaks on any motor.
 
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Old 09-28-2011, 04:09 PM
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check your timing cover, seems to be a spot that leaks alot on our 3.4l motors...mine was leaking there
 
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Old 09-29-2011, 09:18 AM
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test the tadiator cap
 
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Old 09-29-2011, 09:19 AM
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its my radiator... this is the secondtime im going to have to replace it in this last month... for some reason it keeps cracking? could it be a head gasket?
 
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Old 09-29-2011, 11:13 AM
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Where on the radiator is the leak?
 
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Old 09-29-2011, 11:13 AM
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What, is one of the plastic side tanks cracking? If so, high cooling system pressure can do that but the radiator cap should relieve that pressure before tank cracking. Hard to believe that a heater or radiator hose wouldn't pop before a tank would crack.

You may want to put on a new cap to make sure that excessive pressure is venting.
 


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