Torn Coolant line ?????

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Feb 2, 2011 | 12:33 PM

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heres some pics of what is capped off... you can see both caps with white zip ties around them in pic 2 and 3... are those the 2 that i am supposed to loop? plus does it look like my throttle body is upside down in pic 1?

Feb 2, 2011 | 12:59 PM

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bump... please help i keep blowing the top cap off and losing a massive amount of coolant! this is my DD and i need it running! thanks guys!

Feb 2, 2011 | 03:43 PM

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bump anyone?

Feb 2, 2011 | 03:58 PM

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All,

On my way to work this morning after the car came to temperature I mad a 1st and 2nd gear pull. About 20s later, I saw smoke coming from the hood of my car = (

I shut her down and popped the hood to see antifreeze all over the engine bay and started looking for the leak. Their is a 7-8 inch long rubber line that runs from a port off the top back right corner of the block, and into a connection near the throttle body. The line is about a half to 3/4 " dia. and I saw a 1 " tear in the line near the connection on the block.

My question is, has this happened to anyone else before or is their a known cause for this problem? Background: My car made 330 AWHP on the Buschur dyno, has 90k on it cams and other mild bolt ons. I changed the plugs yesterday with NGK Br7es and replaced the battery 10 days ago.

Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated.

-Ryan

while your at it change the line from the thermostat housing to the turbo. i had a leak there and it was hard to find.

Feb 2, 2011 | 04:03 PM

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while your at it change the line from the thermostat housing to the turbo. i had a leak there and it was hard to find.

bump for adding to a 3 month problem... any ideas on my problem?

Feb 2, 2011 | 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by white_evo27

bump for adding to a 3 month problem... any ideas on my problem?

i would try running the lines to the factory setup, im not sure how to runs the lines modified.

Feb 2, 2011 | 05:06 PM

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your radiator cap is popping off? You got too much pressure in your cooling system. Head gasket is probably done. Hose tend to rip and tear when head gasket goes.

Feb 2, 2011 | 05:09 PM

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your radiator cap is popping off? You got too much pressure in your cooling system. Head gasket is probably done. Hose tend to rip and tear when head gasket goes.

no the vacuum cap in the pic keeps popping off, im just wondering if i can run a hose to both caps to loop it... since the TB lines are already capped off..

Feb 2, 2011 | 05:32 PM

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i just looped the two hoses with fuel line. 1ft of fuel line plus 2 clamps. all done.

Feb 2, 2011 | 05:33 PM

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i just looped the two hoses with fuel line. 1ft of fuel line plus 2 clamps. all done.

awesome thats what i was asking, those are the 2 spots to loop the line though right! you saved my night right now if it is!!!

Feb 2, 2011 | 06:17 PM

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I am not sure what those lines are that have caps on them but I'm pretty sure those aren't the 2 lines everyone is telling you to loop.

The 2 lines are (looking at the back of the block from the firewall) will be on the top left corner. There will be two ports coming out on top of each other with an inch or 2 of space between them

Feb 2, 2011 | 08:50 PM

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the 2 nipples shown are feed and return for the throttle body.

I dont have coolant running through my tb, therefore i have my tb nipples capped off. The two nipples show are looped in my case and can be looped for others. THe fluid travels in same direction anyways; feed >return to radiator