Coolant leak after pi intake swapped

[williamswill5]

just swapped to a pi intake on my car and now i have a bad coolant leak coming from the back of the manifold somewhere, i installed everything correctly so i dont know whats goin on, when i squeeze the radiator hose i can here air coming out from the back of the manifold somewhere but i cant see anything, did anyone else have this problem

 

[white 98 gt]

Re: NEED HELP BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

sounds to me the heater core hose might not be on the manifold good, maybe split. or, maybe you didn't seal the rear coolant jacket well, on the driver's head. double check those things & let us know what you find out...

 

[duff daddy]

Re: NEED HELP BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

You put a Pi manifold on the car,
1) npi heads or pi heads
2) what did you use for gaskets
3) if its npi heads did you use something like the livernoise kit?? or RTV??
4) is it leaking all the time, only when cold or warm??

 

[williamswill5]

Re: NEED HELP BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

i went back over everything i did and i didnt rtv the rear coolant passage on the driver side head, thats sucks, guess i gotta take everything apart again

 

[duff daddy]

Re: NEED HELP BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

just swapped to a pi intake on my car and now i have a bad coolant leak coming from the back of the manifold somewhere, i installed everything correctly so i dont know whats goin on, when i squeeze the radiator hose i can here air coming out from the back of the manifold somewhere but i cant see anything, did anyone else have this problem

Details will kill you. Glad it wasnt anything big.

 

[white 98 gt]

Re: NEED HELP BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

i went back over everything i did and i didnt rtv the rear coolant passage on the driver side head, thats sucks, guess i gotta take everything apart again

i thought it was something simple...it's all good man. just learn from your mistake. that's part of getting experience. couldn't count the times i've had to learn from my mistakes! lol!

 

[vermilion]

will make sure the rtv dries man.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

will make sure the rtv dries man.

Yep, squirt it in there and wait fifteen minutes or so.

 

[sam92lx]

and make sure you put a little rtv on the passanger front side.

 

[C MY 4D]

well I guess he got fed up with the car.... I went out with a friend to buy it last night. The guys that showed up before us picked up the car.

 

[vermilion]

i just need someone to put together my bottom end.