Leaking coolant from rear of motor after I bottomed out


Not sure if it's from here or the other side i don't know

 

no coolant in there, the red thing is the oil pan and silver thing with the vents is transmission torque converter bell housing.

coolant can leak out of the head gasket, most often right below the 3rd and 4th exhaust headers, and from there it can blow all over.

it also can leak out the heater hoses and pipes, out of the heater core itself under the dashboard (that soaks the floors inside and the ventilation stinks of coolant).

 

That's why I'm confused, none if that going on. I know what those parts of the car are. It dry above there. I got eyes on it dripping.

 

Also fluid build up topside here

 

clean the engine (I use Gunk brand Foaming engine cleaner, anywhere really greaasy, I get in there with a parts cleaner brush (sorta like a oversize toothbrush), then hose it off, let it dry, take a short drive, look for fresh leakage.

i can't remember anything connected down there to the lower block behind the back of the intake manfold on a b230F.

what year/model car is this, anyways? Turbos have an additional coolant circuit for the turbocharger (along with an oil circult for the same).

 

wait, thats the dipstick. shouldn't be anything in there but oil!!!!

um.... get a clean oil pan, and dump your oil, pour it into a clean clear sided 2 gallon jug, put it somewhere overnight to settle. is there water under the oil? if so you have a massive coolant leak inside your engine and water is collecting int he bottom of your oil pan. eeek.

 

normally water in your oil would make a milkshake out of your oiil, your dipstick would have like yellow cream on it if pulled while the engine is still warm from a long run.

 

There is a coolant hose that goes into the back of the head about there, under the intake manifold--a good possibility...

 

That's that's one of the heater hoses, right?

 

No coolant in my oil, oil losing coolant, its coming down over my trans onto the ground. I can't find its source.


244 DL 1988

 

I haven't lost any oil and it looks new still. I've seen oil and radiator fluid mix in a engine. That's not happening

 

Heater hose or heater valve is leaking.

 

or again, coolant leaking out of the head gasket around the area just below the #4 exhaust header, and blowing back. that can be the first sign of an impending head gasket failure. my 92 turbo did that. clean the area, short drive just long enough to get hot, and inspect for fresh leakage.