burning coolant

Skywalkr57 · 07-15-2002, 10:49 AM

is there any way besides a blown head gasket, that coolant can be burned and blown out the exhaust. the coolant lines to the throttle body are not hooked up and new heads and gaskets were just put on. it was running for a little while and tons of white smoke and coolant drips from the pipes. help me.

WADS56 · 07-15-2002, 10:56 AM

Could be lots of things. But if you just put on a set of new head gaskets and it was fine before that I would check there or the intake gaskets. They may not have seald and water could be entering there.

RPM427 · 07-15-2002, 12:24 PM

I once had a leak in the gaskets between the throttle body/egr/intake and my intake filled up with this putty like substance. All of my collant got sucked into the engine. it was not a fun clean up. Take the intake tube off of the TB and see if there is a leak before it gets worse.

It could also be the lower intake gaskets. Did you purchase intake gaskets with silicone around the water passages? If not, did you put a small bead around them before you lowered the intake in place?

07-15-2002, 10:49 AM	#1
Skywalkr57 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 21	burning coolant is there any way besides a blown head gasket, that coolant can be burned and blown out the exhaust. the coolant lines to the throttle body are not hooked up and new heads and gaskets were just put on. it was running for a little while and tons of white smoke and coolant drips from the pipes. help me. __________________ 1988 GT Remanufactured 302 Holley systemax I, cold air induction, 76mm C&L MAF conversion, underdrive pulleys, 24# injectors, 190lph fuel pump, equal length shorty headers, off road h-pipe, force II catback, PRO 5.0 shifter, fuel pressure oil pressure & water temperature gauge, crane valve springs

07-15-2002, 10:56 AM	#2
WADS56 gear banger Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 1,144	Could be lots of things. But if you just put on a set of new head gaskets and it was fine before that I would check there or the intake gaskets. They may not have seald and water could be entering there. __________________ 79 Hatch: NA 347, Stage 2 Canfield Heads, Victor JR. Intake, Blueprinted Holley 750 HP, Solid Roller Cam, Shooting for 10's on motor 93 LX: Tremec, dual friction clutch, fms flywheel, Hedman shorties, O/R H-pipe Ricer hater's club member #49

07-15-2002, 12:24 PM	#3
RPM427 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Huntington NY Posts: 573	I once had a leak in the gaskets between the throttle body/egr/intake and my intake filled up with this putty like substance. All of my collant got sucked into the engine. it was not a fun clean up. Take the intake tube off of the TB and see if there is a leak before it gets worse. It could also be the lower intake gaskets. Did you purchase intake gaskets with silicone around the water passages? If not, did you put a small bead around them before you lowered the intake in place? __________________ -1993 Mustang, 900rwhp 03-04 cobra based 4v swap, full Griggs setup, project underway -1994 Ranger w/ 427cid windsor (daily beater) check it out!

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