Wasted

Today when I finally found time to work on the SX I pulled the intake off and under the valley pan I found a little bit of anti freeze. The car wasn't smoking so I dont think its the head gaskets. I havn't drained the oil yet to check if any is in the pan. But where do you guys think this came from?
DSC00887.jpg?t=1274693905 As you can see there wasn't to much antifreeze under there. Could it have been from the intake manifold leaking?

Mongoose

My vote is either a leaky valley pan gasket, allowing the coolant to seep between the head and intake at one of the water jackets.... OR... when you removed the intake there was a residual amount of coolant still in the water jacket of the intake or head, and it dribbled into the valley when you removed the intake.

Looking at what comes out of your oil pan and more information on any other symptoms will help determine a cause. Plus you could look at the valley pan gasket to see if you see any stains or other marks that look like it could have been a path for the coolant to make it into the block.

geckonz08

OR... when you removed the intake there was a residual amount of coolant still in the water jacket of the intake or head, and it dribbled into the valley when you removed the intake.


x 2 on that option ^^^^. the oil and antifreeze seem to be in separate pools

Destructor

Residual coolant, if the oil looks fine don't worry about it, Both times I removed my manifold a small amount of antifreeze went into the valley.

joe_padavano

Ding, ding, ding.

We have a winner. If this had been a real leak, it would be milky white, not Mountain Dew green.