ECU Tuning & Fuel Management - Distributor affecting to not have coolant

I was messing around yesterday trying to replace the o-ring on my distributor...made a poo poo move on sliding the distributor side to side. Today I drive 10 miles to work, 10 miles back...come home...and no coolant in resovior?

I had put the distributorback on as closely to where it was (but w/o a timing light)...anyone help on what is wrong now....it just keep adding to my list:(

Any signs of a coolant leakage from hoses/connectors near the distributor where you were working? or from anywhere below the car?

When the engine is cool, remove the radiator cap to determine the extent of coolant loss, for example by determining the volume needed to refill.

Did your temperature gauge indicate that engine overheating occurred?

Hi RonJ

There is zero coolant in the resovior...I havent checked the under the cap. I see leakage under the driver side (left hand side) of car...A LOT.

Much will be learned by locating the source of that leak -- possibly a burst hose from the radiator.

Well if the leak is under the drivers side, what hose could that be? Its not as accessible as the hoses right in front of the radiator.

The picture shows the coolant hoses on your engine, with the exception of the large radiator hoses.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6844/screenshot01zw8.jpg

It could be leaking from your water pump maybe

that would be my guess or the head is lifting on that side of the engine. You can rent a cooling system pressure check gauge that comes with all kinds of adapters that you twist onto your radiator cap and pressurize the system with the attachment pump. then when its pressurized you can look and hear for leaks

mxs, i was searching forum and found a posting with the water pump/timing belt being the cause. Whats your recommendation on troubleshooting this?

Riceburner, lol...another thing i saw was checking the pressure before warm up on the hose to radiator. If there is pressure when cold, than there is a prob. From there, checking oil for green tone, pull spark plugs, check the plugs...if one of the plugs is disimilar, than try the radiator pressure check (tool you mentioned)...i guess to see if there is a cylinder problem.

I am hoping for the water pump....

Perhaps I'm being too hopeful, but the connecting pipe appears to attach to the rear side of the water pump (picture) on the driver's side of the engine. Are you able to see whether the leak is possibly coming from this hose?

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6528/picture0325mv0.jpg

Yeah, it could be that pipe. or one of the o-rings. Top off the coolant in the radiator (if it's low), then take a good look while it's running and see if you can find it. The water pump is behind the timing belt cover, so if it's actually leaking there, you won't be able to see it really, it will just look like it's coming out from behind the cover at the bottom near the crank pulley and oil pan.


whatever it is, it's not related to the distributor [8D]

It has to be the water pump, just like you explained...is what I see. Now I did notice a couple weeks ago drips on the outter part of the oil pan...the pics I took didnt come up very well.

I just wasnt planning on working on this yet. Good to know I didnt screw anything up with the dizzy.

Basically if I understand this right...what I will have to do is take the timing belt cover off, middle cover? After getting to the pump or visible pipe, whatever the leak is from, once I fix it, will I need to do the timing?

Gosh the game of mechanics is a big puzzle...figuring things out and putting everything back to get a good picture. I think there is a reason my father worked on the car with a 6 pack
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Also, don't know where you're at with mileage and/or if its been done recently. But since you are already tearing into that area for the water pump you should do the timing belt while you are at it. That is only if it hasnt already been done though. :D

Do the timing belt while you're at it, water pumps are fairly cheap for that car and not tooo terribly difficult to replace. However, you will be learning how to do a timing belt on your car when you do the water pump anyway so might as well as just replace the thing.