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93 Cobra 5.0 coolant leak

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A friend has this 93 that has been in storage for 20 years. He wanted to get it running so, we replaced the fuel tank and FP, starter selenoid, new fuel injector o-rings and flushed the fuel lines. Thing started right up and runs good, but there's a coolant leak coming from rear of of engine, left side. We looked all around there with a mirror and can't tell for sure exactly where it's coming from, here's the question. We used the old upper plenum gasket with a dab of sealant (yeah bad idea)... but could the leak be coming from there/does coolant flow through the intake plenum? If not, it must be the lower intake gaskets or hopefully not, the head gaskets. Thanks for any ideas here.
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Could be lower intake gaskets. Left side driver side? No coolant in upper plenum on 93 cobra intake.
Could be lower intake gaskets. Left side driver side? No coolant in upper plenum on 93 cobra intake.
Could be lower intake gaskets. Left side driver side? No coolant in upper plenum on 93 cobra intake.
Ok, just what I needed to know. Unsure how to 100% rule out the HG tho. No water in the oil so far, just external leak, guess we will do the intake gaskets and then if we still leak, doesn't appear to be freeze plugs so will have to assume it's HG. Seems a bit unlikely tho that HG failed from sitting? Thanks
Sorry, yes def drivers side rear.
Can do a coolant leak pressure test. Highly unlikely a head gasket.
Harbor freight or Amazon has them.
Harbor freight or Amazon has them.
Harbor Fright has cool system tester? Good to know... well, will let ya'll know what we find, thanks
Depending on what the old coolant looked like and being in storage so long I would definitely pressure test it and check for cracks/ rot threw.
Ok makes sense, if he'll get us a tester i'll do that. The coolant "looks" fine, plenty green and car has... get this, 7K miles on it- he's got a 90 GT too similar miles.
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