Ok.. this stupid coolant leak somewhere around my T-stat housing is driving me nuts!
2 yrs or so ago I found a leak there, pulled the cover and found that somehow antifreeze was leaking around the seal on the t-stat. There was a HUGE dried lump of it in the opening on the block and naturally it was in an area I could not clearly see. CAREFULLY I used a small flathead and cleaned most of it out, I couldnt feel nor see (with phone pictures) anymore so I went ahead and put in a new T-stat. about a year later, leaking again. I pulled the cover and found that somehow the stupid t-stat had moved when I was reassembling last time and somehow the stupid rubber seal got cut. My son went and got me another tstat again (they didn't have any rubber seals). This was maybe 5 months ago?
I put a good layer of RTV on the housing to make sure it sealed and now recently I started smelling coolant AGAIN.. WTF? THis morning I moved the truck back and could see dried collant on the floor, not much but it was there.
I went out and tried to take pictures under the housing and most of them weren't worth crap, I did get a manageable one and using PSP I was able to adjust it to see better and there is no signs!
Any idea's?
Damn.. I don't have a website to keep my images..
2 yrs or so ago I found a leak there, pulled the cover and found that somehow antifreeze was leaking around the seal on the t-stat. There was a HUGE dried lump of it in the opening on the block and naturally it was in an area I could not clearly see. CAREFULLY I used a small flathead and cleaned most of it out, I couldnt feel nor see (with phone pictures) anymore so I went ahead and put in a new T-stat. about a year later, leaking again. I pulled the cover and found that somehow the stupid t-stat had moved when I was reassembling last time and somehow the stupid rubber seal got cut. My son went and got me another tstat again (they didn't have any rubber seals). This was maybe 5 months ago?
I put a good layer of RTV on the housing to make sure it sealed and now recently I started smelling coolant AGAIN.. WTF? THis morning I moved the truck back and could see dried collant on the floor, not much but it was there.
I went out and tried to take pictures under the housing and most of them weren't worth crap, I did get a manageable one and using PSP I was able to adjust it to see better and there is no signs!
Any idea's?
Damn.. I don't have a website to keep my images..
