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.

 

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?