ok, story time, last night I was driving home and I decided to free rev it to 6grand and hold it there for oh, 3 seconds, (it was missfiring because of bad cap and rotor, i replaced and wanted to be reassured that I fixed it) and then all of a sudden, poof, I felt a lost of power for a split second, and then everything went to normal, i also had the smell of coolant being boiled. So I watched my temp gauge and drove home, no problems, couldnt see anything because it was night so I went to school today, and looked under neath for a quick glance, and water was dripping.

So i just got home and opened the hood, and theres coolant eveywhere on the front, and steam... and a hissing noise that is hard to identify where exactly, so im wondering if i craked a hose or something else, I did however see steam coming from behind the Powersteering pump.... Which right behind that is the intake manifold.... AHHH what did I do, Its too hot to investigate closely so I am keeping my distance.

 

 

all this and for what... I even bought polish and wax for this thing and this is what it does for me right before my fall break how dare it!!!

this sounds like the dreaded small coolant hose under the intake, you can't actually reach it without removing the intake.

 

oh and it did this because you free-revved it that's not what car engines are designed for and they don't like it. how would you feel running on a treadmill without resistance?

I fixed it!!!! it was a coolant hose, and it was almost impossible to get out but I did!!!

that little hose isnt impossible, but it does take a lot of profanity if you dont pull the intake.ive had that hose go out on two engines. thankfully, the secodn time it happened, it was near the t-stat housing, so ill i had to do was trim it down and pop it back on.