I dont own this car, some guy that lives in th same apartment complex
owns it. my buddy and i were smoking a cigarette outside we saw mike
messing with his car he asked for a cigg, and asked if either of us
knew anything about engines, i told mike yes and i took a look. now i
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he said if im will to learn a new car he would let me so i said lets do
this mike said that he needs to fill the radiator about every other
day
depending on how much he drives, i thought to check the hoses while it
was running to see if their was a leak, no leak, now when i looked
around the area where the water pump is i noticed a lil to the right of
it there was a tiny leak but it wasnt the water pump.

sorry if
its a stupid ? Is thier two valve covers one on each side of the
engine cause if their is my guess is he needs a new gasket cause the
water was "leaking, steaming" threw a tiny crack in the gasket i just dont know what its called to order it.

one more question
does anyone know of a website i could download a free repair manual,
or something cause i told the guy i would help he tried to payme but
toldem to wait on that till the car is fixed. the reason he doesnt take
it to the shop is cause well he did but they said it was the water pump
and replaced it for i forget how much, and the problem is still their but if someone could help me
help this guy it would be greatly appreciated.
BTW ill try to post up a pic if i can of the piece im talking about.

 

It would likely be called "valve cover gasket". You'll need the year, make, model, and engine size when you call Autozone. However, you are really probably talking about an intake manifold gasket, because radiator fluid is not under the valve covers.Edited by: Iflylow

 

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It is common for the Olds 307 motor with alloy intake manifokd to leak antifreeze. Bigger job than valve cover gaskets to change. When you take off intake mamifold look for corrosion which is common on these cars due to different materials of head and intake and not changing the coolant.