# coolant leak on beater...question

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 7, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coolant-leak-on-beater-question/241245 "2009-01-07T20:42:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coolant-leak-on-beater-question/241245/26 "2009-01-08T12:54:54Z")

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> [@88slowmarro"](#):
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> drew bring it over to the shop ill pressure test it for ya today and see where it is and if sealant will work on it ,make sure it aint the lower intake as it will send coolant into oil and destroy motor ,they are notorious for that also .just call me later

I know that all too well. Fucking POS '96 Blazer I had killed itself.

> [@bennyfizzle"](#):
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> :rofl How would a stuck tstat make coolant freeze? :rofl

No clue. I guess the coolant in there was shit anyway. It was my first truck when I was 17.

> [@WTB: used wastegate](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-used-wastegate/12112/16):
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> Its a chevy blazer correct. 6cyl? Odds are it has bad intake manifold gaskets

Thats generally the '96+ SFI Vortec motors, not the CPI or tbi ones.

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