Anti Freeze Leak

[jar2187]

There is anti freeze leaking from the passenger side of the engine right up front. It looks like it is leaking from the small ovalish thing that it stick out about 6- 7 inches from the bottom. It has to seals on it, one for the out section and then one for the whole thing where it meets the engine block. One of my dads machanics said that it is leaking from the front cover seal, I think he meant front engine seal. Can antifreeze leak from there? Does this sound right?

 

[Rhett]

It's probably leaking from the plastic tanks that are on the inside of your radiator. Over time the plastic wears out before the metal does.

 

[MrShorty]

If I understand where it's dripping from, I would first check
1) the water pump (including the weep hole). fix is to replace the water pump gasket if it's leaking from the gasket or the whole pump if it's leaking from the weep hole.
2) the thermostat housing. The gasket there may have gone bad and be leaking down the front of the engine.
3) and the lower intake manifold. This is one that is common to the 4.0 OHV, that doesn't necessarily show up on other engines. The bolts come loose allowing coolant to leak, and can create certain other driveability problems.

I don't think the front cover seal holds antifreeze, and the front engine seal keeps oil from leaking out along the crankshaft.

Good luck

 

[jar2187]

Its not the water pump, its not the radiator because the antifreeze is dripping all the way down the side of the engine and under to about where the oil drain is, not quite that far though.