I was driving around today kind of pushing my car but nothing to crazy. I noticed that my car was running very hot all of a sudden, so i pulled over and turned her off. As soon as i did that i noticed a lot of smoke coming from the hood vent. i popped the hood and even more came out. i could see green coolant all over the inside of the motor. it was all over the hood and even pooling on the intake manifold. i check all the visible lines i could and i cant find the leak. the lines running into the firewall are all good and looking for a good 20 minutes found nothing. i havent started the car since then and i had my car towed back to my house. any ideas where to start?

 

Bringing this back from the dead since this just happened to me tonight!!!


Any ideas?

 

Bump since my car is my DD and i cant drive it till its fixed.

Also radiator was ice cold, and no heat.

 

Stuck thermostat

 

check freeze plugs

 

i had a hole in onen of my hoses coming off the block to the intake manifold. there was a one inch slit on the under side of the hose that took me for ever to find

 

Just popped off my radiator cap and it looks bone dry! Did pressure build until finally a hose popped off or at least vented pressure? I tugged on all the hoses I could physically reach and they all seem to be still intact. (didnt check for slits yet, waiting on a friend so i can start the car and he can look for a leak.

 

That is pretty much it though... No real diagnostic... more of a visual thing if you have a leak like that... Get a car manual and check over the whole system visually...

 

Found it and fixed it. About a 2" slice on a line leading from the block to my throttle body. Wasn't rubbing on anything, so no clue how it happened, but its fixed!