Another coolant loss thread. Advice needed...
Hello everyone. It's been a while since I have posted here. Life has been crazy this past year.
For the past year or so, I have noticed that the coolant level in the overflow reservoir has been going down. I have been topping it off every now and then. I would say maybe a half cup or every 1000 miles or so. It could be more or less as I have really not measured it precisely. Some background info on the vehicle. The car has 293k miles on it. It is 2008 V6 and I bought it in 2019 with 206k miles. For the first 40 or 50k the coolant never went low. I never had to add any. Around 255k or so, I noticed the coolant going down with no visible leaks. With the help of this forum, I was able to figure out that the radiator was leaking. I replaced that and all was well. Around 275k or so, I started noticing loss again. The issue still exists but I believe I am loosing more coolant now and I would like to fix it if possible. There are no visible leaks anywhere. The only thing I could find is a tiny crust spot near the thermostat housing. See image below. https://i.imgur.com/x0LOrm7.jpg Any thoughts on what to check or replace? Should I pull the spark plugs and check those? Do I just replace the water pump since I have no information on when it was changed? I want to do another road trip but am hesitant this time around. Appreciate the help as always! |
Change the water pump, thermostat, belt and pulleys. If its not been done, do it before the fail.
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Any recommendation on brand and parts for pulleys? |
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Have you tested oil for presence of coolant?
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What year, V8 or V6?
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The oem toyota water pumps seem to fail quickly. I prefer Aisin parts
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Just had my timing belt getting done today, friend sent pictures of the old timing belt and water pump just starting to seep. Some was sitting on my belt. 84k -> 183k on the belt 7 years. Rad was leaking as well at the top drivers side.
Oddly though my other runner went 194k on the first belt (bought at 192k) and it was cracking but no leaks from the water pump. Original rad still on that too. 225k now @Drcoffee indeed the leaky pump was an oem toyota pump. Edit: just noticed this was for v6 sorry I have 2 V8s |
Is there a way to avoid losing a lot of coolant when removing the thermostat and water pump housings? I would like to avoid a big mess and also to keep as much of my coolant as possible since it was recently changed.
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What I did on mine was duct tape a plastic garbage bag to the engine under the water pump and draped the plastic into a bucket to catch the coolant that spilled out. A bath towel would be handy to wipe up the mess. |
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