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Originally Posted by extrashaky
You don't have to pressurize the system. You can just look for dried coolant, because it's not invisible.
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So you are saying that professional mechanics are all just stupid. Got it
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Originally Posted by extrashaky
You can always go play tea with your dollies while it's cooling off.
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I wont candy coat it - F*&* you.
Because waiting ~1 hour between troubleshooting steps (heat up engine to pressurize, look for leaks wait for engine to cool before unhooking something) is FAR more efficient than being able to repeat troubleshooting steps in 3 minutes by repressurizing the system.
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Originally Posted by extrashaky
No, but maybe you should. I would just do what I've done for the past 30 years, which is look for traces of the leak with the motor off. Because it's not invisible. And this is not nearly as complicated as you're trying to make it..
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My POINT IS that with an old 57 chevy, you can almost climb IN the engine bay while it is running, but with this engine you CANNOT put your head in front of the engine even when it is NOT running.
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Originally Posted by extrashaky
If there is coolant leaking from the weep hole, the water pump needs to be replaced. Period. Unless you're suggesting that he should ignore a leaking water pump, which would be unbelievably stupid. You're not suggesting something so unbelievably stupid are you?..
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My point was that the PUMP MIGHT STILL BE TOAST even IF the weep hole is dry.
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Originally Posted by extrashaky
Well, he has diagnosed that he has a leak, unless the coolant just magically appeared from a land where unicorns piss coolant into our dimension.
Is that obvious? How do you know? He doesn't know, because he hasn't looked.
Maybe I'm old school, but in 30 years I've never had to apply pressure to a cooling system to find a leak when I could see the coolant with my own eyes after just running the motor. Traces of the coolant are usually visible, and the expense and extra trouble of a pressure tester doesn't actually prevent you from having to poke your noggin in there and look for yourself. Diagnosing this is something he could go out and do right now if he wanted without having to do any extra research or buy any extra equipment.
It just really isn't that complicated.
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Again - there is this professional technique that MECHANICS use called pressurizing the cooling system.
It is pretty much #3 in the cooling system troubleshooting steps after #1 Check your coolant level and #2 Look for a BIG LEAK.
The OP has already stated that he has a SMALL leak and cannot pinpoint it.
It is apparently easy to get your panties in a wad.