coolant out of exhaust!?

[celica kid]

alright so i finally get my head back on my car and everything connected...after turning it on and moving some of the vacuum hoses around everything runs a lil better....except for i have a nice little puddle of coolant under my muffler! what do i do about this?! does that mean one of my radiator hoses to my throttle body is wrong or somethin like that?! 5sfe engine...

[DIRTBIKEZ]

Sounds like a leaking head gasket. For your sake hopefully its not.

[Morpheus]

Sure its coolant? Not just condensed vapor? From what I've heard getting coolant into your combustion chamber can screw it up pretty bad.

[hachi_slow]

You didn't re-use your old gaskets did you?

[MCTOY]

Doesnt sound good....leaking/cracked/gasket, improperly torqued head or worse.... Did any coolant leak into the cylinders when you removed the head originally? IE: Is it still leaking, or just on the initial start-up? Think I'd pull it back off and check for any signs of leakage past the gasket. (Look for moisture, calcium/corrosion "tracks" between the cylinders on the head, block and gasket itself) Whatever you do, dont continue to run it till you know it's right....
My .02
Mctoy

[celica kid]

well for starters my dad and bro torqued my head back down when i was at some sort of skool practice....but i am pretty sure my dad would do it right. we didnt re use the old gasket i bought a whole head gasket kit for all my seals and gaskets and stuff. i started the car on saturday and sunday and ran it for a little while and there was nothing but a few sputters of stuff coming out the muffler, and then on monday when me and my brother were trying to figure out why it still idles at 1200 we ran it for about maybe 30 minutes total and there was a puddle and i beleive its coolant becuz its orange and not very thick.

[zoni]

how cold was it outside? cause it really could be condensation... and the orange could be from rust in the pipes...

[csaxon]

Why did you replace the head in the first place? Did you take it to a shop for analysis and reconditioning? If not then you may have a hairline crack in one of the cyclinders. A common problem that some misdiagnos as a head gasket failure.

[celica kid]

i took the head off in the first place becuz it was leaking oil and i wanted to replace all the vacuum hoses becuz it was idling high, and i did a head job also. i drove it around my block today and i didnt notice anywetness this time...but man did it smoke like a mother...i am not sure if it just some of the things that i spilt or cleaner that i sprayed on the engine burning up. it sure does idle high though... actuall at 1600 instead of 1200...

[Tommy]

if its smoking out the tail pipe, then you know its bad. if its under the hood, then its just burning crap off, and it will be gone in a day or so.

what color was the smoke, and where was it coming from?

[celica kid]

alright i have concluded that it was just condensation mixing with rust coming out of my tail pipe...good call on whoeva mentioned that earlier...also the smoke coming out of my tail pipe is white and i beleive the smoke coming from the engine was just like the carb cleaner and whateva junk i spilt or sprayed on my engine to clean it.... i will run it for a little while more and see what happens

[celica kid]

on another note my car still idles high...now at 1600 i have all new lines...clean throttle body and many new sensors. i just found what i beleive to be a bad piece yesterday day....the ac somethin or other...well i took it off and after i get home from skool today i am running to the dealer to get a new one..also i tried to time my car yesterday with the timing light but midway through that i realized i couldnt do it cuz my idle is to high...silly me...

[zoni]

yeah thats what i thought it was, the rust or maybe some other chemical you had in there...

anyways, about the idle, make sure it isnt something stupid, like the throttle cable being tighter than it should be... you can always adjust that...

[celica kid]

i messed with my throttle a whole bunch and i have tightened and untightened and checked gaps and such and i cant seem to find anything....

[Tercel GTS]

look for a vacuum leak, maybe a connection overlooked or one that got pulled loose.