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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:05 pm 
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Its tougher than usual to start. I just replaced the radiator not even a month ago. When I scan the computer it comes back with
P0300 x2 and also P0171. This car has been in my family its entire life and I've had regular problems with the MAF (replaced twice and I clean it every few months now instead). I can tell its missing just sitting in the car without even driving it. It stumbles real bad when you attempt to accelerate in it. After it warms up and I shut it off I can see steam coming out of the passenger side of the engine area right below the coolant reservoir tank and I am loosing coolant.
173,000 miles
it sat in storage for almost 5 months before I pulled it out and started the radiator replacement.
I have yet to actually get underneath and start pulling on things only just found out last night.
Any ideas would be awesome I DO NOT want to get rid of her.


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:08 am 
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The upper intake might be warped and letting coolant into the combustion chambers. Might also have a bad ignition control module.

Would definitely check on the coolant elbows as well.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:47 pm 
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I had a similar situation, check the coolant elbows. Mine had a hair-line crack, but was enough to constantly be leaking. Here's a video I used from YouTube. It is a 2-part video.
Pt. 1
http://youtu.be/WJ6QpgLdzuU
Pt. 2
http://youtu.be/6pfn6UH0mrc

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:06 am 
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Awesome thank you both for the replies. I'll check it out and post what i find.


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