coolant leaks

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA

180,000 MILES

JAKENETO

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to start my car wsa overheating, i noticed it was leaking antifreeze by the radiator. the car was running great at this point. so i changed the thermostat and the cracked radiator. I start the car and my waterpump starts leaking, so i changed that. my car became hard to start and when it did it was smoking for a while and then stopped smoking. I turned my heater on then off and the car shut off. it was getting pressure in the hose going to the thermostat so i bled it now there is a leak coming somewhere by the firewall that i cant see. i dont know what to do now.

Apr 25, 2013 at 10:13 AM

JDL

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Do you think it might be a heater hose leaking? Maybe a gasket? You just need to find the leak and fix it.

Apr 25, 2013 at 10:31 AM

JAKENETO

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i understand that i cant lift the car enough to see from the bottom and to look from the top i have to rip it apart

Apr 25, 2013 at 10:47 AM

JDL

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Well, I can't see much from here, maybe your best bet is to take it to a shop? Sometimes leaks can be hard to track?

Apr 25, 2013 at 10:58 AM

JAKENETO

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so since none of this happened until i changed my radiator and t stat. i may have recieved a defective t stat and never opened ,buildt the pressure up and blew the other parts out

'water pump, heater core" now I took out the t stat ran it like that and pressure goes through the line with not any irregular pressure only the leak from the heater core

Apr 25, 2013 at 2:29 PM

JDL

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Was it overheating without the thermostat? Does the radiator fan work?

Apr 25, 2013 at 2:54 PM

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