Cooling System, I bwoke somting!

[beataru]

ok, story time, last night I was driving home and I decided to free rev it to 6grand and hold it there for oh, 3 seconds, (it was missfiring because of bad cap and rotor, i replaced and wanted to be reassured that I fixed it) and then all of a sudden, poof, I felt a lost of power for a split second, and then everything went to normal, i also had the smell of coolant being boiled. So I watched my temp gauge and drove home, no problems, couldnt see anything because it was night so I went to school today, and looked under neath for a quick glance, and water was dripping.

So i just got home and opened the hood, and theres coolant eveywhere on the front, and steam... and a hissing noise that is hard to identify where exactly, so im wondering if i craked a hose or something else, I did however see steam coming from behind the Powersteering pump.... Which right behind that is the intake manifold.... AHHH what did I do, Its too hot to investigate closely so I am keeping my distance.

 

 

all this and for what... I even bought polish and wax for this thing and this is what it does for me right before my fall break how dare it!!!

[joostvdw]

this sounds like the dreaded small coolant hose under the intake, you can't actually reach it without removing the intake.

 

oh and it did this because you free-revved it that's not what car engines are designed for and they don't like it. how would you feel running on a treadmill without resistance?

[beataru]

I fixed it!!!! it was a coolant hose, and it was almost impossible to get out but I did!!!

[subyrally]

that little hose isnt impossible, but it does take a lot of profanity if you dont pull the intake.ive had that hose go out on two engines. thankfully, the secodn time it happened, it was near the t-stat housing, so ill i had to do was trim it down and pop it back on.