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Old 09-22-2014, 02:30 PM
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Not too happy. Ran the DII for a 20+ mile trip when I got back home I smelled coolant. Hoping it was a leaking hose. I opened the hood and found the expansion tank venting.. I let it cool down and checked the coolant level. I didn't lose any. Oil is clear.
Things I plan to do:
- swap expansion tank cap with one from my parts DII
- combustion gas test (if it fails, I will pull the intake and valve covers and torque the head studs to 100 fl lbs from the 75 when in install them)
 
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Old 09-22-2014, 03:09 PM
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I'll give ya tree fiddy for it.
 
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Old 09-23-2014, 07:16 AM
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i would pressure test the cooling system looking for a leak before i started checking for CO@ in the coolant. you did say you could smell coolant.
 
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Old 09-23-2014, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by drowssap
i would pressure test the cooling system looking for a leak before i started checking for CO@ in the coolant. you did say you could smell coolant.
I will do that. I am not losing coolant. I think what I smelled was the vapor venting out of the expansion tank.

After I did the heads, my throttle body cooler leaked. I ended up bypassing it.
 
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Old 10-20-2014, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by acamato
Not too happy. Ran the DII for a 20+ mile trip when I got back home I smelled coolant. Hoping it was a leaking hose. I opened the hood and found the expansion tank venting.. I let it cool down and checked the coolant level. I didn't lose any. Oil is clear.
Things I plan to do:
- swap expansion tank cap with one from my parts DII
- combustion gas test (if it fails, I will pull the intake and valve covers and torque the head studs to 100 fl lbs from the 75 when in install them)
What was the cause of your coolant leak? Did you ever get it sorted out?
 
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