oooh theres a reason,
I dont really feel like putting in a new headgasket.
I'm going to retorque my headbolts tonight,
then monitor my levels, if its gone down again after say 2 weeks.. then somethings definetely up.

I'll check my water pump too
but if the water pump is ok, then i'm not sure wtf is goin on.

Do you think it must be the headgasket in that case?
(ok i dont mind replacing it that much, never removed a head and i'd like to learn).

 

bah,
well I checked the headbolts,
they were all already at or above the 49lb's required.

I suppose I could have tried untorqueing them then retorqueing them down.. but was kinda scared that that'd cause more problems.

SOOooo.. i duno.

 

Detorquing and retorquing would not solve the problem of a headgasket, that would probably make it worse. Like someone else said, have you changed the oil since the coolant started leaking?

 

tighten them some more, like 60lbs

 

I wouldnt do that. Thatd be a bitch if you broke one and had to remove it from the head. Yeah how does the oil look? And how rapidly are you losing coolant?

 

changed oil a few times,
it doesnt look bad, never has a milky color to it.
always brown/black(once its realy dirty, hehe).

BUT I FOUND A LEAK!!!

definetely! it must only be after driving the car, or during, because theres never a puddle when it sits,
but I jacked up my car today right after driving it, and there was some slight drippage coming from the crankpulley side ofthe engine,

actually a drip from RIGHT underneath the crank pulley!

anyone know where the water pump is located??

thanks

 

Eh? Are you being serious?
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lol, nice doc!