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lim uim redone but coolant leaking

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chicagosleeper

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2000 Pontiac grand prix gtp

Put new lower and upper Intake manifold gaskets and supercharger gasket put new aluminum coolant elbows on too. After disassembley and reassembly going without problems
stsrt the car up and its pissing coolant from somewhere just can see it!!!
anybody else have this problem with gtps? Any gasket that could be leaking that I might have missed?
 


Pissing coolant from "somewhere"..

Really? You can't even elaborate as to where it's hitting the ground?
 
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did the supercharger gasket kit come with O-rings for the coolant passage in the s/c?

When I changed my lim, it leaked at rad spring clamps. 10 year old spring clamps get weak. You may want to put a cooling system pressure tester on it to help isolate the leak before taking anything apart.
 
You probably didn't get the elbows in there all the way. Take it apart and make sure the holes are cleaned out.

When you put it back together, let it work itself in, do not force it...











But I guess that's what she said ;)
 
Probably a tensioner elbow. Plastic? If so. Buy the aluminum.

A front cover bolt could have come loose or fallen out. I know a few of them go into the water jacket.

Is your water pump new? The bearing could be going out and leaking from the weep hole. Also, a few of the pump bolts go into the water jacket.

Or your radiator hose.

Or a bad gasket, of course.

I believe that's all for that side of the engine.

When I rebuilt mine, I had 2 massive leaks (like you described). Turned out I forgot 2 of the front cover bolts.

Look up my thread "Coolant Leak", I've got dealership schematics and pictures.

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Remove a belt or two
Lower a power steering pump 2 x 13mm bolts
Remove 4 10mm bolts
Remove 4 13mm bolts
Clean gasket surface and reinstall

The expected labor time on this job is about an hour. What gave you a hard time?
 
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