[sivart]

Well i changed my radiator to the summit aluminum one and its been keeping its cool alot better. Well ive been smelling coolant when im at at stop and when i get home and let it cool down, ill check it and the coolant is low but i cant see any puddles or dripping. But i got to work today and opened the hood and looked by the right side headers, the plug are sticky and its wet under the headers, i didnt want to stick my hands down there...its alittle hot. so could this be headgaskets?

[Timm10221]

That sounds like a good guess, do you hear any leaks? ima gunna have to think a bit on this one

[sivart]

i dont have any white smoke coming out of my exhaust....if i take my plugs out will i find ne thing if it is it?

[Timm10221]

yea.. you might see coolant..

[sivart]

well i was goin check it today but we had hail and major t-storms

[sivart]

will goin to the rev limiter blow a gasket?

[bossman2kgt]

If your radiator hoses are fairly old, id checkm.....especially the lower one.

[ujslost]

sure your not just smelling some coolant you spilt burning off?

[sivart]

Originally Posted by ujslost sure your not just smelling some coolant you spilt burning off?

im pretty sure cuz i have to put coolant in my radiator everytime i drive

[ujslost]

take it somewhere and have a pressure test done.
Most quick lubes have a pressure tester. If the gauge shows a leak down
but you cant see any leaks while its pressurized, then it could be , heater core, intake gasket , or head gasket, or freeze plug.

[sivart]

i did think about that....ill give that a try. But today i checked my exhaust and it smells like there is coolant in it.

[sniperrider]

definitly a blown head gasket i just fixed mine a month ago the was no sign of a blown head gasket except a little smell of oil when you smell the radiator cap...........no smoke iether, mine was caused by a intake gasket that blew so id get that fixed quickly or it gets worse and quick...

[sivart]

did u replace it with a fel-pro (something like that) gasket?? wheres a good place to buy one

[sniperrider]

yep fel pro go to schucks or something they are reall easy to replace just make sure you lable tubes and lines when you take things apart. and make sure to get the rest of the gaskets as well i think a top end gasket set is only like 100 bucks or so

[sivart]

went out and look and see if anything was leaking and saw this...
there is coolant on each circled part, i think its around the heater core tubes, but i dont use the heater.....i cant see any on top of the lower intake. i wiped off the plug wires and when i got back i checked them and there was fluid on them. hows this gasket set....http://store.summitracing.com/partde...0&autoview=sku

[ujslost]

do you have the heater core bypassed? either way it doesnt matter the hoses could be leaking

[sivart]

i dont know how to bypass the heater core? how do u do that?

[ujslost]

if your heater core isnt bad you shouldnt do that. but all ya do is the 2 hoses going into the firewall to the heater core. take those off the heater core and buy a splicer and connect the 2 hoses together.