Check the water pump. Examine it for traces of dried coolant that might be leaking out of the casting.
There is coolant on the ground occasionally. How will I know when the intake manifold gasket is leaking
You just have to see where it is leaking. There are numberous gaskets and hoses it can be coming from. Have it preasurized and it will be easier to find.
If you are loosing coolant, you have a leaking head gasket. If you are loosing oil and have a turbo, the seal on the turbo is bad. either intake manifold gasket or head gasket is leaking
Valve cover gasket
The most likely evidence is an oil leak which can run on to the manifold creating smoke, depending on how bad it is. If the gaskets are bad the covers can't be tightened down suficiently to create a oil tight seal.
leaking gasket try tightening the bolts a little might help
Most of the time - yes
Intake manifold is leaking, or worse, cracked cylinder most likely tho, the intake manifold.
A blown head gasket can allow coolant to see into the manifold, and out the exhaust. A broken piston ring can also cause this problem.
you need to replace the intake manifold gasket.
Intake manifold at top of engine?
Need to check the 4 corners on the intake manifold. It is common for the intake to leak engine coolant.
Yes they do at the intake manifold.
My 97 Tahoe was leaking coolant and I couldn't find anything on the driveway or anywhere else. I took it to my mechanic and it was a rear manifold gasket leak, cost me about 500 dollars.
Intake manifold gasket
There is a heater hose that goes to the left rear top side of the intake manifold and that fitting leaks engine coolant sometimes and it will run down the back of the intake around the distributor. If that fitting is not leaking then the intake manifold gasket is leaking coolant in the corners of it. REplace the intake gasket. That's all that can leak coolant on that year engine. If coolant is leaking out between the transmission and engine block then you have a freeze plug leaking in the back of the engine, between the transmission and block. Must remove the transmission and flywheel to fix it.
I would suspect the manifold itself is leaking around the cooling passages. It will need to be removed and the gasket replaced.