SOT: where does all the coolant go?

[dan.bubb at gmail.com (Dan Bubb)]

Ah, did you check inside the car. It might be leaking out of the
heater core onto your carpet.
I hope it was just low and needed a little burp!

As far as getting your car to continue running, at this point,
considering that you got all the air out of the injector system, I
imagine the mixture needs to be adjusted.
The way I would do this is to crank the engine by jumpering the
starter motor while standing in front of the car. MAKE SURE IT'S IN
NEUTRAL!!!
Then while it's cranking, with a long 3mm allen wrench in the mixture
screw, you can apply a little turning torque to the allen wrench and
it'll stay in position and you can physically pull the air flow plate
up or push it down. If you can find a position where it'll run then
you will know if you need to richen the mixture (if you need to pull
up, then turn the screw clockwise) or lean it (opposite).
Alternately you can turn the mixture screw a quarter turn, probably
richer, and see if the engine will run on its own.
If the engine is too lean it'll die abruptly. It can be quite rich and
it'll still run.
HTH.
Dan

On 4/20/07, Lexan Blanchard <lexan_122874@hotmail.com> wrote:
> OK, so not much garage time this evening :(  Don't know how many are you are
> part of the 10% of Americans that do NOT live within 15 miles of a Walmart,
> but I am, and you can imagine that means there are NO stores of any size or
> quality nearby.  I work in one town, but Sears is in another town about 35
> miles away.  So, by the time I got off work, went to the bank, got to Sears
> (for car tools), stopped at Circuit City to ream them out about my stereo
> (bought it open box style, but the remote is missing, WTF?, how do you work
> a stereo in the car without a remote), went to Michaels for knitting/crochet
> supplies, stopped at Advance Auto, ate dinner and went to the grocery store,
> it was after 9 before I got home to play.  But, oh joy oh joy, a boc labeled
> germanautoparts.
>
> So, new tools and new injector seats in hand, I went to work.  After
> changing the bad one, I decided I will just wait for the others to break
> before changing them (how many threads are there on this little part?).  But
> before firing her up, I had checked the coolant after last start attempt,
> because the water light blinked too long (heh, I did read the owner's
> manual).  The coolant was what I thought a little chibariba (means teenie)
> low (like about 1 1/2-2 inches from the min mark).  So, I had tried to buy
> just a small amount of coolant, but they only sell it in these large
> containers.  So I start to pour, get to min mark and pull back.  The coolant
> level drops again.  OK, fill up again.  Level drops again.  On and on and
> on.  I think I used 1/3-1/2 of the container.  But, where does all that
> coolant go?  If I could see the coolant before, and I add and add and add,
> where is it?  I checked for a puddle, and there is none.  Hmmmmm, just
> another car mystery for me to solve another day (like, who feeds the mice
> that run on the flywheel to make the car go?).
>
> Anyway, just musing.  But, she still won't stay started.  I only tried once
> for about 30 seconds.  Water warning went off at the proper time.  And the
> smell at start is changing.  Little less burny-farm-vehicle, little more
> gassy sort-of ethanolly (except I didn't spray any ethanol this time).  I
> hope she starts tomorrow.
>
> Lexan  <---crossing fingers and hoping for the car fairy to visit (I left
> old parts for her to take)
>
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