So I did something very stupid last night. Now I have to pay the consequences but need help figuring out what is going on.

So last night I was hunting out on my land and had parked my truck (RWD Automatic 93 Dodge Dakota with 318 V8). It has no problems getting over stuff, mind you, but I have never let it sit for a bit offroad. So I started it back up after about 10 minutes and started going. I heard a weird sound like strain was being put on the body. So naturally I thought that I was just stuck and gave the truck more power and I started moving. About 3 minutes later I notice a LOT of smoke and my engine was starting to overheat. I look down and notice that I had my Parking Brake on. Im a retard I know.

Either way... Now my brakes are working fine (probably have to tighten the cable) but I can't drive my truck. Why you ask? My radiator is draining. It doesn't drain as it is sitting there and held a full radiator full of water/coolant through the whole night. But as I started it up this morning and let it run a bit (reving the engine to about 3k in park) and then moving it forward a bit to see if anything leaked, a huge puddle was left on the ground. I looked under where I parked now and it was still dripping. I filled it back up and then started up the engine (this was about 10 minutes later) and no dripping occured until it was running. I opened up the engine bay and saw nothing leaking up top but it was just a steady stream on the bottom and dripping going off to the sides. It is draining right in the middle of the truck at the front of the engine (just behind the fan) but I can't tell where the leaking is coming from...

TL;DR: My truck is draining a lot of coolant when it is running but not when it is just sitting.

Anyone know what is going wrong?

 

sounds like it is something failing under pressure. the cooling system gets pressurized when the vehicle runs. Maybe a bad hose? can you pinpoint exactly where it is leaking from?

 

I can't pinpoint it exactly. But I did just go out to run it a bit and when I had the hood up and pushed it to about 3k and let it sit there, coolant just poured out onto the ground and it was spraying up onto the windshield.

 

From the sounds of it your water pump blew or one of the hoses coming off of it.

 

try and find specifically where it is coming from. check the hoses when its running and see if you can find it. check upper and lower radiator hoses. if u have a camera make a video or take some photos and such too. That was we can see what you are seeing.

 

Ill take a video in a bit. It'll be up within the next hour!

 

sweet. try and get shots from top and bottom and where you see it coming from. like i said the more info we can get the better. take it from front and sides too. try and get it so we have the same view as if we were there.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lZNF2GYnRA

 

looks like it is coming from the passenger side mostly. here is a diagram that may help you doing some diags. it could be a pump, radiator leak, hose. few things it could be. i'm just sorta throwing some of the items out there tho. peep this diagram see if it helps.

 

I don't know if this will help,but I had an 85 Olds Cutlass Ciera with the 2.8l V6.The water pump bushing and seal wore out,which looked and acted EXACTLY LIKE THAT!