No there is not a water jacket in an intake manifold they are around the cylinder walls in the engine block.
Your intake manifold probably has a crack in the water jacket.
The intake manifold is leaking from the water jacket. That is a common problem on V8 and V6 engines over a period of time. That is the only thing that can leak water back there. There are 4 water jackets in the intake, 1 on each corner of the intake front and back. Hope I helped. NEED TO REPLACE INTAKE GASKET
common trouble is Intake manifold water jacket leak just had mine fixed cost about $700.00 to have someone do it or about $100.00 if you do it yourself
Some of the intake manifold bolts are longer than others. These bolts are designed to go through the manifold and into the cooling jacket. If the longer bolts are placed in the area of a push rod, they will go in too far and contact the push rod. This will cause your rattling. Depending on how long you have run the motor, I would recommend removing the intake again and inspecting the push rods for signs of damage.
Some bolts pass thru the water jacket so if you don't put sealer on the bolts the coolant can climb up the threads and puddle on the intake. I have removed them one at a time , cleaned the threads and reinstalled them with sealer and this fixed the problem. The dissimilar metals of the aluminum intake manifold and cast iron block have different expansion rates and eventually the lower intake manifold gasket will fail. All the bolts are not accessable without removing the supercharger. These bolts have a specific torque value and tightening sequence. Do the job right and remove the supercharger and intake manifold. Replace the gasket and reinstall the intake manifold using a thread sealer. Torque the bolts to 11 foot pounds and in the proper sequence. Coolant can leak internally into the engine, treat the problem not just the symptom. Hope this helps. "G"
Sounds like you have oil making it pass the PCV Valve into the air intake system and all the way into the intake manifold. I would remove and clean both intake manifold and intake piping, replace the air filter and the pcv valve and the pcv hose going from the valve cover to the air intake tube. As to why oil is in the radiator, it sounds like either a water jacket is cracked or you have a head gasket failure, if that's the case your oil is junk too.
Mine was on the drivers side head next to exhaust manifold between #2 and #4 plugs, have seen some on top of motor on the intake at the front in the water jacket, make sure the wire stay's away from the ex manifold to avoid burning too and grounding itself to it
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there are 2. the one that goes to the dashboard coolant temp sensor is on the left bank under the exhaust manifold in the water jacket on the block.it looks like a lil pin head with a hook on it. the one that goes to the pcm is on the intake manifold next to the water neck.
You probably havea burnt out upper intake manifold . check the e.g.r. passage there is a metal insert on the inside if it is loose you must replace the upper manifold . they have a tendency to burn out there and it has a water jacket around the passage to help cool it so as soon as it burns through you have a coolant leak straight into the manifold. If you need to replace the manifold purchase it from a local parts store as a kit. it will have a modified egr passage to reduce the risk of the problem happening again
Since the year, make, and model of the vehicle was not expressed in the question, I will give a general answer that pertains to most liquid-cooled gasoline engines. Generally, the temperature sending unit is located on the intake manifold, water outlet, cylinder head or engine block. It will be located in a threaded port, screwed into a water jacket where hot water flows through the engine. For most fuel injected vehicles it will be in the water outlet, engine block, cylinder head. For carbureted engines is usually located on the intake manifold or engine block.
To the left of the thermostat housing, It screews into the intake water jacket.