Got a Bad Feeling...

[HammerDown]

With the colder temps setting in and with a cold engine I believe I have a coolant weep/drip behind the front cover.
Hot engine, no drip, all summer, no drip.
If it was the water pump it would be leaking at the weep-hole, all the time.
Not happy.

 

[Jesus Freak]

Well, just keep a jug of coolant and top it off regularly. Or while you're snowed in you could pull the front of your engine apart and freshen everything up.

 

[DirtyWood]

Are you pretty sure it's not related to the nearby thermostat and housing? Here's to hoping yours isn't as bad as your feeling.

 

[HammerDown]

Are you pretty sure it's not related to the nearby thermostat and housing? Here's to hoping yours isn't as bad as your feeling.

I wish, inspected that location ... doesn't seem to be coming from that high of an area.

 

[HammerDown]

Well, just keep a jug of coolant and top it off regularly. Or while you're snowed in you could pull the front of your engine apart and freshen everything up.

Ha, assuming I have a nice warm, well lite shop to do all that in. Since I've been driving (1973) everything is done out in the elements, laying on cardboard.

 

[Jesus Freak]

Ha, assuming I have a nice warm, well lite shop to do all that in. Since I've been driving (1973) everything is done out in the elements, laying on cardboard.

I understand, I split a tractor on my driveway today to replace the clutch. I do have a carport, but when it starts raining the humidity will be so high that it's almost raining in there.

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[HammerDown]

I understand, I split a tractor on my driveway today to replace the clutch. I do have a carport, but when it starts raining the humidity will be so high that it's almost raining in there.

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Looks as much fun as working on my 'prior' old 1950, Allis-Chalmers Dozer.

 

[HammerDown]

I understand, I split a tractor on my driveway today to replace the clutch. I do have a carport, but when it starts raining the humidity will be so high that it's almost raining in there.

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And... I had one of these too!

 

[Jesus Freak]

Looks as much fun as working on my 'prior' old 1950, Allis-Chalmers Dozer.

I had a 59 Cat D6, cable dozer, 12ft blade. I sold it, because needed money more than a dozer at the time. But sometimes, I kick myself because I could sure use it every now and then.

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Here's another thought. You could get a cooling system pressure testing kit and pressurize your engine when it's cold to see where the coolant is coming from. The way it acts sounds more like a seal or hose to me rather than a gasket.

 

[ttman4]

I had a 59 Cat D6, cable dozer, 12ft blade. I sold it, because needed money more than a dozer at the time. But sometimes, I kick myself because I could sure use it every now and then.

@Jesus Freak come on up here & I got a '50 Cat D6 Hyd 12' blade I might just give you! Sitting out here in front yard in the way & needs pony motor rebuild......think spun rod bearing.

 

[ttman4]

Ha, assuming I have a nice warm, well lite shop to do all that in. Since I've been driving (1973) everything is done out in the elements, laying on cardboard.

@HammerDown you just a kid....
Since I been driving......Legally.......(1964 at 14)
Got my Commercial Dr License at 18 & took drivers test in 1/2 ton Chev pickup, had to have mirrow on each side so I borrowed a pickup.
But then couldn't cross Tx state line till I turned 21, but caught 2 weeks later up in Kansas! Was told to get H#@@ outa Kansas & don't come back!
Then got cought again few weeks later up in Arkansas.!

 

[Old Goat]

Can`t drive at 18 with a CDL, but the Ill Eagles that can`t read, understand English, Speak it or
read high Way signs can have a CDL. DMV`s were giving out CDL`s to who ever, like prizes is a
Crac ker Jack Box.


Goat

 

[HammerDown]

Here's another thought. You could get a cooling system pressure testing kit and pressurize your engine when it's cold to see where the coolant is coming from. The way it acts sounds more like a seal or hose to me rather than a gasket.

That certainly is an idea.
I definitely can't test it running as the fan blows it all over and again, it doesn't leak when hot.

 

[david85]

Years ago, I read of a solution to an oil weep problem on an aero engine with a split case design (boxer engine). Oil leak was traced to the centerline split in the case, so resealing it would have involved a complete teardown. Instead, they pulled a vacuum on the crankcase of the engine and applied anaerobic sealant to the leak. Over the course of a few hours, sealant was drawn in and it apparently sealed the leak for at least a few years. Not sure if that could work for the water jacket. If nothing else, you would have to drain most of the coolant since it might try to boil off. Crank cases generally have lower pressure in them as well.

Just spitballing alternatives to pulling the front cover off.