Jay727
07-03-2007, 04:16 PM
My sister has a '97 caravan with a 3.0.
It was leaking coolant as fast as you could put it in, coming from under the intake mostly the drivers side, but a lot on the pass side too.
I removed the intake and metal pipe, wire wheeled it real good and found no holes replaced the two orings, intake gaskets, thermostat and gasket. Just put the bottom intake on and all the hoses and filled it up and it still leaks out of the drivers side. Not as bad but bad enough to not even think of driving it, or continuing to put it together.
Pulled the intake again and filled it up to the bottom of the coolant holes in the heads and I can see water coming from the passenger side.
I looked under by the head gasket area and it's dry.
Could the water pump be causing this?
I changed the water pump a few years ago but I don't see how that would cause it to leak accross the top of the engine.
Where else could it be leaking from?
It was leaking coolant as fast as you could put it in, coming from under the intake mostly the drivers side, but a lot on the pass side too.
I removed the intake and metal pipe, wire wheeled it real good and found no holes replaced the two orings, intake gaskets, thermostat and gasket. Just put the bottom intake on and all the hoses and filled it up and it still leaks out of the drivers side. Not as bad but bad enough to not even think of driving it, or continuing to put it together.
Pulled the intake again and filled it up to the bottom of the coolant holes in the heads and I can see water coming from the passenger side.
I looked under by the head gasket area and it's dry.
Could the water pump be causing this?
I changed the water pump a few years ago but I don't see how that would cause it to leak accross the top of the engine.
Where else could it be leaking from?