Coolant leak

[benny68]

2013 5.7 hemi with new lifters, head gaskets. Leaking coolant from passenger side and running hot. I put 2 gallons of coolant back in it. Driver side seems fine. Any idea?

 

[Jeepwalker]

Did you check the underside of the water pump...looking 'up' from the bottom with a flashlight. There's a weephole on the bottomside. That's there to allow coolant to escape when the water pump seal goes. Look for potential leaky hoses too when you're under there.

Otherwise, check the heater hoses (and fittings) which lead to the heater core back to the firewall. Those the a couple common leak points.

 

[Wild one]

2013 5.7 hemi with new lifters, head gaskets. Leaking coolant from passenger side and running hot. I put 2 gallons of coolant back in it. Driver side seems fine. Any idea?

Odds are you installed the head gasket wrong,as they'll leak coolant from between the block and heads if the gasket is installed wrong.Pretty common issue for alot of guys on their first cam/lifter job on a hemi

 

[jr27236]

If it's clearly leaking at the head and it's running hot then it's the gasket. Time for a re-do

 

[benny68]

Odds are you installed the head gasket wrong,as they'll leak coolant from between the block and heads if the gasket is installed wrong.Pretty common issue for alot of guys on their first cam/lifter job on a hemi

Wouldn't the right side leak too? Going to pull it back down and check. Thanks

 

[jws123]

Wouldn't the right side leak too? Going to pull it back down and check. Thanks

the gaskets will be stamped left and right Left is drivers side right is passenger

 

[Jeepwalker]

Man... I always quadruple-check HG's before I bolt heads down. That's not one gasket to get 'wrong'. Hope your issue is something simpler (like a bad fitting).