Coolant loss...I think I might be a victim...I know this has been discussed over and over....should
12-05-2006, 06:23 PM
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Coolant loss...I think I might be a victim...I know this has been discussed over and over....should
I use bars leak or no? No external coolant leaks that I see, no white smoke just slow coolant loss.
12-05-2006, 06:40 PM
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How many miles did you have on the oil you sent in for analysis? And how long
had the coolant been leaking when you did that? And how long ago was that?
I'd say do the bars leak, but I guess you've already heard that from me.
Good luck getting this resolved, Alex.
I'd say do the bars leak, but I guess you've already heard that from me.
Good luck getting this resolved, Alex.
12-05-2006, 06:45 PM
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I had about 2k miles on it and it came back with 0.7% coolant...
Yeah I guess I might as well go ahead and do that... It was about 2 months ago I think. I'll be looking for a used engine though.
12-05-2006, 06:54 PM
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I thought you said 0.07% in your email. 0.7% is not good.
I'd dump in the bars leak and do an oil change after the coolant level stabilizes. Then I'd do another 1 or 2 oil changes a couple hundred miles later. After that, do an oil analysis and see how she looks.
Can you post your Blackstone report here? I'm curious what your wear #'s look like, as well as the viscosity and insolubles.
Can you post your Blackstone report here? I'm curious what your wear #'s look like, as well as the viscosity and insolubles.
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When was your last water pump change? Could be going bad and burning off...
the coolant. Also, did you change turbos recently? Sometimes those bolts on the turbo housing loosen after the first few heat cycles (crush washers change shape). I had a small leak there.