Drivers Side Coolant Leak

[wfd175]

I noticed the other day that the coolant was low. I refilled it. Went wheeling. Now tonight after work I noticed drips coming up the driveway, and a puddle under the 80.

This leak is located on the drivers side directlyh above the starter motor. It looks like a compression fitting with OEM corrugated protective tubing. Basically I have a stream running out termination of the corrugated protective cover and the fitting, when RPM's are above idle. I haven't seen this one before so I tried a search. But PHH kept coming up. This is not a PHH, it's something else. I'm getting ready to break out the FSM, but I also need to get the kids to bed, right now. Thanks for the help. I'm going to break out the FSM after storytime. Someone probably be able to identify quicker.

The corrugated cover has the yellow tape in the photo. The tubing I thought was the starter wire from the battery. I'm really not sure what is going on here. Is there a coolant line somewhere in that corrugated hose upstream???







Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Beowulf]

This is not a PHH, it's something else.

Why do you say this?

BTW, those are really crappy pics and I can't tell what you are showing us. There are no Toyota factory cooling lines in convoluted tubing. It might be leaking elsewhere (like a temp sensor) and flowing down the tubing.

-B-

 

[OGBeno]

Yo wfd175:

It's either the PHH, or one of the cooling lines going into the intake manifold or the throttle body. Lots of cooling lines going in that area.

Double check that everything is cool with the heater valve at the fire wall, just for s***s and giggles.

Good luck.
-o-

 

[cruiserdan]

It's either the PHH, one of the throttle body hoses, the throttle body, the head gasket or a cracked head/block.

 

[cruiserdan]

Beno is quick on the draw tonite...



Too bad he's not working..............

 

[OGBeno]

It's either the PHH, one of the throttle body hoses, the throttle body, the head gasket or a cracked head/block.

Man, you are quick today Dan...I am slightly buzzed off of a Mad Dog flight to ATL and barely getting a word in....

Inventory is too soon this year Dan.



-o-

 

[OGBeno]

Beno is quick on the draw tonite...



Too bad he's not working..............

LOL....

Way LOL...

We're on the same path tonight Dan.

LOL

 

[MoJ]

Well, kinda like I was saying the other day, it's pretty strange for your coolant res to get completely empty without something being wrong. It sure sounds like the PHH but I believe ya

Of course I'll only help if you cleaned the soup off of it from Saturday.

 

[Miescha]

Dang, you Missouri guys must be some real hoosiers - no way I'd take my nicely waxed '96 black 80 through that crud.

Oh wait, is that the same stuff I went through right before the picture (in my just-waxed '96 black 80)? Oh hell.

I believe you if you say its not the PHH, but just in case you are wrong I have a blue silicone PHH and two blue silicone FHHs (along with Breeze constant tension clamps for all) sitting in my truck waiting for the right time to make the change - so count me in for the group project. Of course, if you need them right away you can have them and I'll wait for more to get shipped.

 

[wfd175]

Why do you say this? I'm an optimist.

BTW, those are really crappy pics and I can't tell what you are showing us. There are no Toyota factory cooling lines in convoluted tubing. It might be leaking elsewhere (like a temp sensor) and flowing down the tubing.

I searched for about 1/2 hour for some good PHH photo's and didn't get deep enough back into the archives to find one.

-B-

Now that the kids are asleep, and I went to a firecall in which a local dodge dealer salesman was showing off his blown hemi show truck with nitrous behind the local dealership and drove it into about a 60' ravine/creek, (throttle stuck), he actually bailed out before it plummeted to it's end of days. About 30 minutes ago.

Sorry, back to the subject at hand. Upon further investigation (after kids bedtime and a firecall) I located the leak. It appears to be the PHH. What are the odds??

A perfect stream, and I mean perfect stream, is shooting out of a PHH pinhole right at the split in the corrugated insulation, filling it up then it runs out the end. Hence my confusing post. SOB!!!


Therefore, tomorrow night it's PHH time. My co-pilot and I are going in throught the wheelwell. Wish us luck. Going gates green stripe with the best quality hose clamps I can find tomorrow. (daily driver syndrome)

 

[Miescha]

Need one of these?

 

[SoCal_80]

Pull the starter...That little bit of extra room made all of the difference when we did my PHH a month or so ago.

 

[wfd175]

PHH done

Pull the starter...That little bit of extra room made all of the difference when we did my PHH a month or so ago.

Replaced the PHH tonight. Removing the trans dip tube helped. I was thinking about the starter, but we muttled through without taking it out. Biggest problem came from trying to line the tube up with the block outlet after installing the new hose.

To help open things up we removed the bolt next to the diverter valve. Somehow while trying to remove the old hose pieces, we accidently bent the mid tube bracket out just enough to make things not line up down below with the new hose. We were able to line it back up. I guess the lesson learned was not to overspread the gap when removing the old PHH.

Special thanks to MoJ for his help. Above and beyond.

 

[MoJ]

Geez it was fun.

 

[wfd175]

Now that I've have a few hours to think about the process.

I believe that if we had cut the old hose off, then removed the top bolt bracket on the tube, things may not have been so far out of kilter when we tried to put the new hose on.