leak or worse???

[t0rr3ad0rr3d]

As of Wednesday night when I got off shift I had the engine light come on, rode it home and to & from work tonight, after I got home I put more antifreeze in the reserve. I took a glance over by where my light was shining and noticed a puddle of antifreeze on the lower intake manifold where the passenger's side front injector is. Is it possible that the upper hose may he failing or have either a head or intake gasket failed? Also I have been noticing a hesitant start when its cold, I do realize it can be a weak battery but this started right around the time the engine light came on. Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[MonsterTruck460]

I'd say head gasket or cracked head judging by the starting problem. Does it use alot of anti-freeze?

 

[t0rr3ad0rr3d]

It was using a decent amount of antifreeze, I was going thru complete spark plug changes like crazy because the shop I was going to was mis diagnosing my problem, I found out from a friend of mine that the 4.0 v6 does go thru head gaskets and the shop was saying it was "water in the gas" but it only came up for 1 on occasion 2 cylinders, its been running good for a while now and all of a sudden it wants to act up or whatever may be going on is catching up with it

 

[MonsterTruck460]

sorry to say but I'd say it's time to tear the head off if you want the problem fixed.

 

[t0rr3ad0rr3d]

I was somewhat under that impression but I wasn't 100% sure that was it but I guess it is what I thought it was and now I have to figure out what to do with it