My car has been sporadically getting hot...I found no steam, or drips, in the beginning, but now, I must fill the water collant all the time. There is water drips in the center midlle under the engine. However my air conditioner also drips. which makes things confusing to me.
I have heard different opinions from different mechanics, one said it could be the water pump, the other says it could be a blown gasket. How do I know the difference, the pump is cheap, the gasket job would be about $2000! Neither mechanic could "find" where it was coming from !?!
I don't want to waste my money fixing the wrong thing! How do I find out for sure if it is a water pump or a blown gasket.
Is it worth fixing at this time?
I need help here!
2007-07-06 09:23:44 · 10 answers · asked by schnikey 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you are constantly adding coolant and there are no external leaks then you have to be burning it. A blown head gasket sounds like the culprit to me! A bad water pump would not require you to refill the coolant unless it's seal was leaking and you would see a puddle under the car. As far as the condensate from your air conditioner that will be nice clear clean water which you should easily be able to distinguish from coolant. Hope this helps, good luck!
2007-07-06 09:35:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The coolant has to be going somewhere. If it isn't obviously leaking from a hose or the radiator, it's leaking inside your engine and getting blown out the cyclinders in the form of steam. If you see water from your a/c on the ground, that's what it is, water. If it's coolant, it will be colored yellow-green or orange. A mechanic doesn't have a magic xray machine to look inside your engine, he has to take it apart to find the problem, and that costs money. Since it's cheaper to replace the water pump than disassemble the top half of your engine looking for a leak, do that first. If that doesn't fix it, then go into the engine. However, the most basic test is pressurizing the colling system to find a leak. Have that done first, if you haven't already.
2007-07-06 10:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you willing to do a little test?
Bring a glass of water out of the house. With your pinky finger touch your exhaust pipe in the morning when you first start your car. There is usually condensation coming out the tail pipe dip the pinky directly in the moisture and taste it. If you experiance a sweet taste antifreeze is comming out the exhaust and likely you have a leaking head gasket. Rince your mouth out with the glass of water. Do the same test with any moisture beneith your car. Leave the airconditioning off for this test. Again if you taste something sweet it's antifreeze. Water pumps are easy to check as their is a weep hole on the input side pump shaft bearing if it's damp or shows a streak of green or red streak down the side of the water pump its leaking antifreeze.
I'm supprized by now that any compitant mechanic would not have done the most basic cooling system check by now. It's called a cooling system pressure check. A special radiator cap is installed with a small piston pump that allows the mechanic to manually pressurize your cooling system. There is a pressure gage built on this tester. They usually pump up your cooling system to 20 psi. and leave it pressurized over night. If there is any loss in pressure that points to a leak either in your hoses, water pump, or worse case headgasket.
Do not be tempted to add a radiater sealer or block sealer. Yours is a bigger problem that needs to be adderssed and fixed permanantly.
Good luck finding the leak!
2007-07-06 09:58:56 · answer #3 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First off all, if you could drain ALL the water out of the radiator and add coolant, so when it drips you know it not water. Second, take it to a shop and tell them that you want a (Pressure Test done on your cooling system) this will determine where your leak is coming from. Also you should not put 100% water in you radiatior because it causes rust to build up inside your motor and causes damage to your waterpump (no lubrication) you should buy 50/50 (coolant/antifreeze+water) no matter where you live
2007-07-06 10:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What model? Is it the Lanos? The plastic part that goes from the radiator to the radiator hose rots out sometimes. This sounds silly, but it happens with the Lanos and possibly other Daewoo models. Take a look at that first. Remove the clamp from the upper radiator hose to see if this piece of the radiator has rotted out. If it did, then that's where you're losing the coolant. If that's the case, you need a new radiator.
2007-07-06 18:37:05 · answer #5 · answered by Spee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joven, pasos a seguir: this is an old vogue the thank you to ascertain the water pump. Wait until eventually the motor vehicle gets somewhat chilly. turn the motor vehicle on whiles is on, on the decrease radiator hose is the place the chilly water gets in. the top hose is the place the warm water comes out. on the top hose with the engine is on squeeze that hose for a pair seconds ( 30) you will sense on you hand the water getting push out. ( like in case you have been ingesting water) you''ll sense the water passing trought the hose. in case you do no longer sense something, you do no longer sense that the water is getting push. Then, your concern is the water pump. ( desires to be reemplaced). the different possible concern is your radiator: i'm ninety 9% confident that the water does not pass becuase the trails on the radiator are blocked. you haven't any longer have been given sufficient flow on the interior. issues to do: Flush the radiator, in case you notice the water pink with little peaces of metallic then you definitely would desire to reemplace it. those are sign that radiator is rusted interior. (desires new) attempt those steps first and could see the way it is going. Please enable understand the type you restoration it.
2016-12-10 04:08:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have your mechanic do a compression test on the cylinders. This should determine if the head gasket is bad.
If all the cylinders have about the same pressure, I would go for the water pump.
2007-07-06 09:54:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any self respecting mechanic should be able to pressurize your system and find the source of the leak even blindfolded. Sounds like you need to find a real mechanic.
2007-07-09 22:21:05 · answer #8 · answered by jjohnny65 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well,bud,fastest way is get a pressure tester and remove the rad.cap and pressure the system..and it will tell you where all the external leaks are.and remove the dipstick,and see if the oil is clowdy,and kinda white looking,and if there is water in the oil pan,you got some bad trouble..,could be head,block,head gskts.
2007-07-06 09:32:12 · answer #9 · answered by jcr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry to say ,but it is not worth putting money into your daewoo......for one they do not make them anymore ,and most of them resting in the junk yard
2007-07-06 09:56:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋