Rabbit15

Here's my issue. Got my car back from the shop 2 weeks ago, last week started smelling antifreeze after car got to operating temp. No leak to be found but loosing antifreeze. So, I took it back to the shop and they did a compression test. Resulted in replacing the radiator.

Problem now, again starting to smell antifreeze when hot, at a red light temp goes from 195* to 225* pretty quick (don't know if this is typical, never paid attention before), no leaks anywhere to be found, and still losing 1-1 1/2 inches of fluid a day in the overflow tank. My initial thought was they didn't replace the radiator and just added some stop leak that didn't work, but that was not the case, I do know it's a new radiator.

Any thoughts, new radiator bad? any other thoughts/suggestions? I'll be taking it back to the shop, they lifetime guarantee all the work, but I want to have some facts in hand when I go back to them.

A-Bomb

iTrader: (27)

a guy i know that has a V was having the same problem. he pressurized it and said he saw antifreeze coming out of the coolant lines underneath the intake manifold. check around there.

Rabbit15

I'll check that, thanks.