coolant leak from intake?

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tinmanSr20
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Car: 1996 240sx with red top sr20det swap

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so as I walked up to my 240 today I noticed a pool of coolant under it. so i poped the hood and it looks like coolant is leaking from the second runner on the intake :wtf2: . I say that because thats where a stream of coolant is coming from. any Ideas? So that you know its a redtop sr with the knock off greddy intake on it. Also there is no A/C.


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J14cm7
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Car: 95 240sx S14 SR20det
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Dont really understand what you mean by "second runner" but are you sure your turbo doesnt have a leak? if thats even the side you are talking about? More information

lrb_2000
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It could be leaking where the intake manifold meets the head.. I didn't scrape all the old gasket off my head when I replaced my intake manifold and it started leaking in that same spot. Did you just install the manifold?

tinmanSr20
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the manifold was on the car when I bought it. So I really dont know how long its been on there.

tinmanSr20
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the leak is on the intake manifold side so theres no way it could be the turbo.

Brandon1605
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Coolant leaking from an intake is usually indicative of a head gasket going bad.


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