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94 SSEI injesting coolant

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Old 09-22-2006, 03:41 PM
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I have a 94 seei and there is coolant going into the motor. I can't tell where it is going and when i drive it i dont see any white smoke coming out of it. Any help you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated thanks
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You might have a lim gasket Failure. Please stop driving the vehicle. Once you have diagnosed if it is or isn't the Gaskets. Change the Oil Immediatly You don't want Coolant in the oil as it will rust the bearings.
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do the 94 SEEi'* have different intake manifold gaskets upper and lower?
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do the 94 SEEi'* have different intake manifold gaskets upper and lower?
Yes they do. The upper is one piece and is a paper like gasket. The lower has four pieces and is pictured below.

I just replaced mine last weekend.

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In reply to a PM:

Your SSEi has a paper gasket between the SC and LIM. It also has two yellow coolant o-rings. Your LIM has 4 gaskets between it, the block, and the heads.

The most likely leaks are at the TB gasket or the LIM gaskets. But with those miles, you should just replace them all. I can do the whole top end in about 2.5 hours on an L67 or L36, so even for a first-timer, it'* a one-day job. You should replace the black plastic coolant fitting on the waterpump end of the LIM with a replacement metal fitting from the dealer while you're at it.
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x2 on the coolant elbow. When those thiing crack its not pretty. Happened to me when I started the car once, I thought it was on fire for a few seconds.
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Originally Posted by 92BonneSE
x2 on the coolant elbow. When those thiing crack its not pretty. Happened to me when I started the car once, I thought it was on fire for a few seconds.
92 ...There is not a cooling "elbow" on Series 1 motors. It'* called a cooling "outlet".

With over 100K, one would think the plastic was already replaced with a metal one by this point.
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