So last night I was coming home from work, parked and noticed steam coming of of the engine bay. popped the hood and coolant was sprayed on the front of the engine. It was past midnight and I didn't want to be getting in there with it still hot so I took a look this morning. the overflow reservoir is empty. There is coolant pooled next to the distributor and pieces of gasket there as well. It was running fine, no white smoke from the exhaust, it didn't overheat and no coolant in the oil so pretty positive it's not a head gasket. In one of the pictures theres a torn piece of gasket coming out from the metal part at the end of the fuel rail behind the water pump, I suspect it could be the timing chain cover gasket, although I'm hoping something more simple. Interested in yalls thoughts.

 

Yes, that could be the TC gasket. Clean it thoroughly, and re-check. It's very easy to pull the belt off, remove 4 10mm bolts, lay the A/C compressor near the brake master cylinder, remove 3 bolts (maybe 9/16" or 13mm), and set the bracket with P/S pump out of the way. Click these & read the captions:

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[QUOTE=Steve83;6610124]Yes, that could be the TC gasket. Clean it thoroughly, and re-check. It's very easy to pull the belt off, remove 4 10mm bolts, lay the A/C compressor near the brake master cylinder, remove 3 bolts (maybe 9/16" or 13mm), and set the bracket with P/S pump out of the way. Click these & read the captions:

Thanks for the reply, I'll do that.