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Itsuki

08-18-2002, 04:12 PM

Ok my 96 is leaking something around the oil pan area, it seems to be dripping off of the side of the pan, when i touched it, it was a greenish color and the other night when i was driving my temp gauage was all the way on hot so i pulled over and turned the car off for 10 minutes then i started it back up and it was fine... anyone know if its coolant and if it is were it could be leaking from?

F3600

08-18-2002, 04:18 PM

looks Like your coolant .. but i dont know where it could be leaking look around all your coolant line

hope this help!

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BEISSEN

08-18-2002, 04:41 PM

yeah our coolant line or your lower radiator hose might have gone bad.

Itsuki

08-18-2002, 06:29 PM

Hrm ok ill look, how can i check if my coolant is low? do i just look in the little resevoir tank?

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Itsuki

08-18-2002, 06:30 PM

Ok, now my car overheats after 10 minutes of driving i guess im gonna replace all my hoses do a pressure test and flush the system, and replace the thermostat... hopefully this wil fix it

kanekz

08-19-2002, 03:43 AM

Try to get this fixed ASAP.  Dont want to damage anything else like head gaskets and stuff to this nature.  

One trick is to turn the heater up full blast while driving to lower your engine temp.

NutzDrifta

08-20-2002, 11:23 PM

I had the same problem your talking about.  My coolant was dripping from the same place.  It turned out to be my water pump.  I think it's the same in your case, but be sure to check all the hoses first and what not before you buy any unneccesary parts.

Itsuki

08-21-2002, 12:21 AM

Thanks for the help i drained my system then i noticed that my lower hose was bad and my thermostat was also bad.. i check the water pump it was fine, but i think it was leaking around the seal so i put new silicone sealent around the thermostat housing and around the water pump area and then changed my hoses and thermostat and flushed and refilled the system and now it runs alot cooler than before and doesnt leak  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> ..