2000 ssei coolant problem

[2000bonnieSSEi]

Went for a drive got back and saw a stain on the driveway of my friends house, went out touched an smelled it, for sure coolant, park my car on the road pop the hood an coolant is everywhere and smells of burnt coolant obviously. Appears to be spraying up from the bottom, radiator is fine and not leaking from there, any ideas?

[Jfridge92]

The obvious culprits to start with would be the coolant elbows. They're connected to the belt tensioner, and like to crack pretty frequently. There's an updated version that is aluminum that will remedy the issue if they're what's leaking. Also, the LIM gaskets can leak externally if they haven't been changed. Where exactly on the engine does the coolant seem to be coming from? The side or the front?

[nos4blood70]

Definitely coolant elbows, check the water pump too.

[2000bonnieSSEi]

Its coming from the side

[crash93ssei]

I also agree coolant elbows. There are plastic and aluminum replacements, make sure to get the aluminum.

[2000bonnieSSEi]

Thank you for feedback!