Coolant leak from drivers side dripping on oil pan
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Coolant leak from drivers side dripping on oil pan
hello everybody, I have a 2007 G35x I drove to Pennsylvania from New York and drove back the same day and when I got home to my house, I noticed that my radiator fans were on full blast. I was also smelling a scent of coolant when I went back inside my car and checked my temperature gauge it started to rise, so I drove the car down into my driveway and started seeing cool and dripping out on the floor when I looked under the car, I seen that coolant was pouring out from on top of the oil pan by the driver side. I let the car sit overnight and then When I got up this morning, I noticed that the radiator was near empty as I started to pour coolant into the radiator and I looked under the car. I noticed that coolant started dripping down from the driver side over the oil pan... could this be some type of hose that burst because I did hit a bad pothole before I went up to Pennsylvania.
or could this be something more sinister like my water pump?
or could this be something more sinister like my water pump?
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unfortunately, this looks like the WP took a ****. how many miles on the rig? the replacement procedure is not terrible (it's tedious, if anything else). i've had mine done two years ago when a similar leak happened. see my thread: Water pump decisions with 245k on the clock - G35Driver - Infiniti G35 & G37 Forum Discussion
P.S. it *could* be your thermostat housing. check around the top hose that sits underneath the driver side vtc cover. fingers crossed.
P.S. it *could* be your thermostat housing. check around the top hose that sits underneath the driver side vtc cover. fingers crossed.
#3
Check the heater hoses coming from the firewall to the engine. The one on the passenger side has a straight connector and the one on the driver side has a straight connector with a bleed valve. They are both plastic and prone to deterioration. They are difficult to replace due to limited working space.
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Check the heater hoses coming from the firewall to the engine. The one on the passenger side has a straight connector and the one on the driver side has a straight connector with a bleed valve. They are both plastic and prone to deterioration. They are difficult to replace due to limited working space.
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unfortunately, this looks like the WP took a ****. how many miles on the rig? the replacement procedure is not terrible (it's tedious, if anything else). i've had mine done two years ago when a similar leak happened. see my thread: Water pump decisions with 245k on the clock - G35Driver - Infiniti G35 & G37 Forum Discussion
P.S. it *could* be your thermostat housing. check around the top hose that sits underneath the driver side vtc cover. fingers crossed.
P.S. it *could* be your thermostat housing. check around the top hose that sits underneath the driver side vtc cover. fingers crossed.
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171K on the car. & yeah i also had a fuel pump issue before the whole timing BS happened. When i use to start the car only on cold start it use to struggle so bad to start & i narrowed it down to my fuel pump. had to replace the entire unit with a new one but it was a cheap one and the gas gauge started giving issue, so i went back OEM and i'm currently in the process of upgrading to a AEM 340 fuel pump and upgrading to bigger injectors. besides all of that i also had my TCM take a huge **** in july where it got stuck in 4th gear because of a broken pin that cost me $1500 😂. As of rn tho car has been running really good, just have to take care of the power steering & get it dialed in with a tune
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I would replace the 4 camshaft sensors with OEM Denso ones, nothing else works right in the VQ35HR. I also thought it was my fuel pump but it wasn't, even though it pointed to it. But i would start with cleaning the MAF sensors, throttle bodies, check ALL rubber hoses for cracks. You can read my thread before you throw money away: https://g35driver.com/forums/v36-eng...-restarts.html
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99zx2turd (Today)
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LOL this is my car to the T right now. Just repaired a P1757 for the same solenoid issue you had (stuck in 4th). Mine didn't have a break of circuit at the TCM that i could locate, so had to swap a new (used) TCM and a new(used) brake solenoid last week. couple of weeks before that swapped a new front wheel bearing and now dealing with our beautiful coolant system this week. the hose running by the exhaust manifold on the driver side finally decided to take a dump and spring a leak. it's in a terrible spot and i was barely able to get the oem clamps off last night. Swapped a new hose on, but it pissed some coolant this morning. OEM hose is around $20 for a 4" piece of hose... can't complain much. got it with 224k on the clock and it's right around 270k now.
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I've been lucky so far since the water pump replacement but i did remove the 3 rubber mouldings/strips to vent out heat from under the hood.. Here in south florida, it gets HOT so instead of cutting holes in the hood, i removed the rubber pieces and temps never go past 200.
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