No, you wouldn't necessarily have any coolant on the floor. It'* not even a normal behaviour for the LIM failure to see coolant on the ground.

Anyway, don't assume the worst. It could be only your throttle body gasket (and sounds somewhat like it, to me). Especially since you tried to take it off but couldn't. I'm wondering if maybe you didn/t damage the gasket at that time. Just a thought.

Mortehl pulled his car into the garage (94 SE at the time) and I asked..what'* the green goo on the transmission. It was the TB gasket slowly leaking and quagulating on the transmission.

yes i am guessing i could have damaged it. I was able to take everything off execpt the bolts that connect the tb to the ui?. and i did do alot of forcing.
..damn me!!!


ok i read that the UI should have the date of manufacture on the top.
I have looked for mine and could not find it. I have noticed that my ui seems to be the cleanest piece on my engine, could this mean that it has been replaced before??
i did not ask the last owner of any possible mishaps with it..

i will have to wait until tomorrow for further diagnostics as the mechanic is not intown.

yes and i have noticed that the main coolant poddles are under the TB.
as Bill suggested on his post.

thanks once again guys, u guys r bonneville guardian angels man

When you cleaned the throttle body did you use intake safe cleaner?
If you used carb spray it probably took out the gaskets.

....... :( i goofed that one up...
yes i did use regular carbcleaner... didnt bother to check if it was intake safe...
i will go to the store and pick up the same bottle i bough and check if it says intake safe..
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

I am not sure the cleaner took out the gaskets.

The largest difference is what is being cleaned. Carb cleaner is designed for fuel deposits etc while TB cleaner is meant for airborne dirt and not fuel.

Yours is a '94 and should not be affected by the normal intake failure discussed here. That issue is largely confined to the '95-99 plastic intakes, as is the date code info you read about. FYI. One good piece of news.

Also, it'* beginning to look like you do need a new TB gasket anyway, but the "good" news there is it is not an expensive part or difficult to replace. However, if you have the funds, do follow the advice above to replace the LIM gaskets and coolant elbow at the same time. It will save you more grief later on.