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anti freeze pukin out overflow

Mazda 2.2L Mazda Engine Mazda Tech
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mazdatweaker_2   +1y
If your truck is still leaking antifreeze on the ground and you can't find where it is coming from, take off the upper timing belt cover and look for antifreeze on the timing belt. If there is antifreeze there, chances are the water pump has failed and it is leaking onto the belt, which is in turn carrying it around. How many miles are on the truck?

A block checker allows you to pump up the water jacket and it will cause any leak to show up. If the water pump is bad, plan on replacing the timing belt too.
doublel24   +1y
The truck has 141xxx. Ill make sure t stat is at 12 o clock position. I hope i can narrow it down and fix the problem.
dan woodland   +1y
You will
doublel24   +1y
Ya, im still having no luck. Im just going to do head gasket and water pump. Would it be easier to pull motor out of truck or is there enough room to get at it?
hos   +1y
I feel your pain dude! I am having the exact same thing happening with my truck right now. I did the head gasket, I did the radiator cap, I did the new head. So when all else failed I looked in the repair manual... in the troubleshooting section it says that when this is happening that you may be experiencing radiator cap failure, head gasket failure, cracked head, or cracked block. Time for me to test my block. I have had 2 of these heads crack on me in the past for no apparent reason and when I go scrapyarding I see alot of them that are cracked in the same spots. Hopefully you have better luck and it is just the head gasket or something cheap like that.
doublel24   +1y



I hope its not a cracked head or block. If u had a cracked block wouldnt you have anti freeze in ur oil? Its driving me nuts so im gonna tbrow a few bucks at it and do head gasket set and water pump. Probably do what some guys said with replacing timing belt.
hos   +1y
If you're in that far the belt is definitely good insurance. Do a compression test first, it doesn't cost anything, takes 10 minutes, and can tell you quite a bit just like looking at your spark plugs. There is also a leak down test and a block pressure test you can do. And I thought the same thing about a cracked block and antifreeze in the oil, but I was told by a couple of the 'old timers' in my shop that that isn't always the case.
dan woodland   +1y
If your truck is stock you'll need to remove the fan, fan shroud, and Pair Tubes. Then of course you'll need to remove the timing belt covers etc... There is enough room to do the job in the truck, not voluminous amounts but it's very doable with the engine in place.

doublel24   +1y
Truck is stock. I have a cherry picker and all the tools so maybe ill pull it to have more room. Well see how i feel at the time if i want to lean over the truck all day or jus yank it out.
Cusser   +1y



Nah, plenty of room to do what you say without pulling the engine. I essentially rebuilt my B2200 engine without pulling the engine (link below).