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I have an update about this little problem I have. Yesterday I replaced the water pump and serpentine belt on my car. After test driving the car I noticed a huge improvement with no noise coming from under the hood and the temperature gauge didn’t go higher than normal. Before replacing the water pump I looked for the cause of the noise and I believe there was a small leak by the water pump. But I don’t think it was the cause of the leak described earlier in the post. There wasn’t enough water coming out of it to form the puddles produced before.
So after the repair I noticed yesterday that there was still coolant coming from under the car. The water drips right under the passenger floorboard, under where the glove compartment box is. It has the color of coolant, and it drips enough to form a small puddle after 30 minutes.
There is no leak coming from the water pump, hoses, radiator, head gasket, or any place visible from up top. It has to be coming from some place where I cant see it. Does anyone have any suggestions where to check next? Heater core? Intake manifold?
ThanksI have an update about this little problem I have. Yesterday I replaced the water pump and serpentine belt on my car. After test driving the car I noticed a huge improvement with no noise coming from under the hood and the temperature gauge didn’t go higher than normal. Before replacing the water pump I looked for the cause of the noise and I believe there was a small leak by the water pump. But I don’t think it was the cause of the leak described earlier in the post. There wasn’t enough water coming out of it to form the puddles produced before.
So after the repair I noticed yesterday that there was still coolant coming from under the car. The water drips right under the passenger floorboard, under where the glove compartment box is. It has the color of coolant, and it drips enough to form a small puddle after 30 minutes.
There is no leak coming from the water pump, hoses, radiator, head gasket, or any place visible from up top. It has to be coming from some place where I cant see it. Does anyone have any suggestions where to check next? Heater core? Intake manifold?
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I tried to reply to an older thread from a week or so ago, but it didn’t load when I replied to it. Hope that isn’t a problem.I have a 2001 Chevy Empala with about 225,000 miles on it. There seems to be a coolant leak and I have to keep checking it to make sure it is topped off or the car will overheat. I haven’t had any overheating issues now, but there is a leak some place. Lately there has been a noise coming from under the hood. I am trying to figure out where the problem may be, and need some advice.
I checked the coolant every time before I drove the car and made sure there was water in the coolant reservoir. This seemed to keep the car in proper temperature and I was able to drive my car without any problems. It did leak some and I just kept filling it up. But a problem I am seeing more and more is there is a sound coming from under the hood. It sounds sort of like a hissing, slurpping sound. When I check under the hood it is coming from where the serpentine belt is. I would say it is coming from a little lower, like under the generator. My brother thinks it may be close to where the water pump is, but I am not certain.
A sound like this and the approx location, can this help any with knowing what may be wrong with my car? I would like some suggestions before I go out and start buying parts, which I plan on doing later today or tomorrow.
Again, why might the heater core be going bad/causing the leak of coolant compared to what I described above?
Thanks for the help, everyone.
TyI have a 2001 Chevy Empala with about 225,000 miles on it. There seems to be a coolant leak and I have to keep checking it to make sure it is topped off or the car will overheat. I haven’t had any overheating issues now, but there is a leak some place. Lately there has been a noise coming from under the hood. I am trying to figure out where the problem may be, and need some advice.
I checked the coolant every time before I drove the car and made sure there was water in the coolant reservoir. This seemed to keep the car in proper temperature and I was able to drive my car without any problems. It did leak some and I just kept filling it up. But a problem I am seeing more and more is there is a sound coming from under the hood. It sounds sort of like a hissing, slurpping sound. When I check under the hood it is coming from where the serpentine belt is. I would say it is coming from a little lower, like under the generator. My brother thinks it may be close to where the water pump is, but I am not certain.
A sound like this and the approx location, can this help any with knowing what may be wrong with my car? I would like some suggestions before I go out and start buying parts, which I plan on doing later today or tomorrow.
Again, why might the heater core be going bad/causing the leak of coolant compared to what I described above?
Thanks for the help, everyone.
TyWell, after a couple hours of tearing stuff apart I finally got the lights to work.
Both the headlights would read 0 volts, but 12 volts if you would ground the wire on the meter. We checked all the fuses, which were alright, and we concluded it was the combination switch. I had a feeling that was what was wrong the entire time, and I used that website college man provided (thanks) and took off the combination switch.
Once I got the switch off I opened it up and found where the contact metal was on the chip (it did look like a large SD card). It had some black crud on it and corrosion so I took some sand paper and cleaned them all off. Put the combo switch back together, plugged everything in, now I have dim lights again!
My fingers are a little sore, but I’m glad its fixed.
Thanks everyone for the help.
Well, after a couple hours of tearing stuff apart I finally got the lights to work.
Both the headlights would read 0 volts, but 12 volts if you would ground the wire on the meter. We checked all the fuses, which were alright, and we concluded it was the combination switch. I had a feeling that was what was wrong the entire time, and I used that website college man provided (thanks) and took off the combination switch.
Once I got the switch off I opened it up and found where the contact metal was on the chip (it did look like a large SD card). It had some black crud on it and corrosion so I took some sand paper and cleaned them all off. Put the combo switch back together, plugged everything in, now I have dim lights again!
My fingers are a little sore, but I’m glad its fixed.
Thanks everyone for the help.
Ok, well I checked the bulb, it looks good and not burned out.
I checked the fuses under the hood and none of them are burned out.
I checked the DRL relay switch and under the hood and there was no corrosion around it. Opened up the relay switch and it looked clean and no burn marks or corrosion.
I guess I will check the voltage on the lamp when my brother gets home.
If there is no voltage in the lamp, what kinds of things should we troubleshoot?
Ok, well I checked the bulb, it looks good and not burned out.
I checked the fuses under the hood and none of them are burned out.
I checked the DRL relay switch and under the hood and there was no corrosion around it. Opened up the relay switch and it looked clean and no burn marks or corrosion.
I guess I will check the voltage on the lamp when my brother gets home.
If there is no voltage in the lamp, what kinds of things should we troubleshoot?
Well I took out one of the headlights and it doesn’t appear to be burned out. It looks brand new just like when I put it in.
Well I took out one of the headlights and it doesn’t appear to be burned out. It looks brand new just like when I put it in.
Well the car is a 2001 Chevy Impala.
I just replaced the lights not 4 months ago, so its hard to believe that they both burned out at the same time this shortly. Is it really likely that this is whats wrong?
Also, what will the fuse be labeled as? Will it be one of the small fuses, or one of the bigger box fuses next to the small ones?