Torn Coolant line ?????
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Torn Coolant line ?????
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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
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
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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
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
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Same thing happend to my friend, except the coolant line for the turbo is the one that cracked. Its normal for them to get brittle and crack over time. Especially if you think of how many times those hoses have been heat cycled since coolant goes through them.
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Thanks for all the replies! I figured the thermal cycling of the hose was the cause for the failure, but wanted some input from the community. I'll put it on the to-do list to replace the main rubber coolant lines for the car!
-Ryan
-Ryan
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replace with stock or goto autozone and get some coolant hose. whatever you do, dont try to use regular hose or it will bubble up and explode again.
water feed throttle body hose; MN143462 = one infront of the throttle body
water return throttle body hose; MD374266 one on the side / back area
water feed throttle body hose; MN143462 = one infront of the throttle body
water return throttle body hose; MD374266 one on the side / back area
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Mitsu says to change coolant hoses at 60k. So, I'd suggest you change them all while you are at it: two radiator hoses, two turbo hoses, two throttle body hoses and two heater hoses. Otherwise, you are going to encounter this problem again.
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Maybe, but maybe the car overheats and warps the head. Anyway, if this happens again the OP is again stuck by the side of the road. This isn't the definition of reliability.
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bumping this thread back from the dead... can someone post pics of the 2 throttle body hoses and the 2 heater hoses? thanks!
im having an issue where im leaking ALOT of coolant and im not sure where these 4 hoses are exactly... i dont see any hoses on my TB... im running a built 2.0 and magnus v5 IM... im thinking the TB hoses were taken out and capped off...
i appreciate the help! this is my DD and i need it running!
im having an issue where im leaking ALOT of coolant and im not sure where these 4 hoses are exactly... i dont see any hoses on my TB... im running a built 2.0 and magnus v5 IM... im thinking the TB hoses were taken out and capped off...
i appreciate the help! this is my DD and i need it running!
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bumping this thread back from the dead... can someone post pics of the 2 throttle body hoses and the 2 heater hoses? thanks!
im having an issue where im leaking ALOT of coolant and im not sure where these 4 hoses are exactly... i dont see any hoses on my TB... im running a built 2.0 and magnus v5 IM... im thinking the TB hoses were taken out and capped off...
i appreciate the help! this is my DD and i need it running!
im having an issue where im leaking ALOT of coolant and im not sure where these 4 hoses are exactly... i dont see any hoses on my TB... im running a built 2.0 and magnus v5 IM... im thinking the TB hoses were taken out and capped off...
i appreciate the help! this is my DD and i need it running!
You can see lines in the pics of step 4 and 5.
pm if you need help with those tb lines
edit: sorry that link only shows the lines to the tb
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Here is a link showing the lines. https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...aft-seals.html
You can see lines in the pics of step 4 and 5.
pm if you need help with those tb lines
edit: sorry that link only shows the lines to the tb
You can see lines in the pics of step 4 and 5.
pm if you need help with those tb lines
edit: sorry that link only shows the lines to the tb
thanks for the help