Ok well here is the story, Ill make it short and to the point:

Last night I uninstalled my motordyne plenum spacer and reinstalled a brand new gasket i recieved from the dealership. This was nothing new to me because I have done it a couple times before. Well I coated the gasket in a little bit of oil to make sure it sealed well... finished up my install everything looked fine...

Now the scary part:

I didn't drive my car after I took out the plenum spacer and installed the gasket until this morning. I go out a few miles and my car starts smoking.. I think not too much of it because I think it was just burning the oil from the gasket I installed...

I get home and there is a puddle of green fluid on the bottom of my garage and my car is leaking the fluid.. WTF DID I DO... and what is this green liquid, and what can I do to fix this... im scared.. my FI may be postponed..

EDIT: I pluged a hose back in that I missed and:

I took it for a test drive for about 3-5 mins and it started getting a little hotter than it should so I shut it down and gave it a 30 minute break while I checked the engine. All of a sudden there was barely any coolant in the bottle it was under minimum. I walked to the store and bought some to fill it up and filled it to max.

I waited till the engine was cooled down and drove it home. As I got home again there is no coolant in there. WTF is going on...

 

I'm not a betting person but I bet the "green fluid" is antifreeze.

Les

 

ok look, when ur engine starts to smokes, it could be due to some sort of pressure in your relationship with the engine...

talk to your engine, and explain to your engine that smoking is bad, and can ruin its longevity...

im a casual smoker, so if i noticed that my engine started to smoke, i might handle the situation differently, but the important thing to remember is not to be harsh, cause that might hurt the trust between you and your engine...

for more info on how u can help your engine stop smoking visit:

http://www.smokefree.gov/

 

LOL im scared someone calm me down...

 

did you reconnect all the hoses?

 

dont be scared its natural at ur engines age...

 

Yes there were only two hoses to reconnect.. I checked them already and they were snug..

 

 

how's the coolant level?

 

did you reconnect the coolant hose in the back? the one that's a PITA to reach? i bet that's what you are missing

--mike

 

That is the one at the top of the plenum right? Yes I just triple checked and it was connected..

 

Seems low, let me go check again..

 

it is somewhere under the throttle body.. you know the hose because it will make you swear out loud while putting it in

 

coolant level is up to max.

 

Hmm there is the vacuum line on the batter side, then the one at the very top next to the butterfly, those are the only two I disconnected.. and reconnected both of them.. am I missing something..

 

Anyone care to tell me what the liquid may be? I think I am going to take it all apart and check it all again..

 

I think its antifreeze... I must have a leak somewhere.

My engine temp looked to be fine the whole time I am not driving this ish till I figure it out...

 

The liquid is antifreeze.. it's definately coming out of a hose you forgot to reconnect.. look behind the plenum near the throttle body underneath (you'll need a flash light).. you'll probably see a copper "nipple" with no hose attached... I'm willing to bet that's the hose that was not reconnected..

or open the hood... start the car up and wait til it smokes.. follow the smoke that's where your leak is

 

Sounds good, ill look right now, thanks for your help.

There was only a little spill because my coolant is actually slightly above max...

Since it was smoking I am assuming that it was only burning the coolant onto my engine.. do you think something major might occour or should I be fine? Again my engine heat read normal the whole time.

 

it might just be some coolant that was spilled during install and just needs to burned off.. run the car with the hood up and the smoke doesn't stop after a few minutes then you probably have a leak

look for dripping or a puddle under your car.. you won't be doing harm to the car unless you are overheating.