coolant leak or evaporating?
coolant leak or evaporating? I did a flush in July and I added coolant a couple of times to get it to level off. I haven't checked it since August and I did last night. I had to add a small amount to it. It right above the full cold and the engine was warm. It was about 3 bars lower than it was in August. Is it possible to have something to do with the cold weather change that I lost a small amount? I put new hoses on in July also. I can't find a leak there and there is none on the floor. Can it evaporate some?
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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine
Get a coolant pressure tester, just use that and you will see if there is a leak, also you should smell something sweet.
if not then your fine.
if not then your fine.
every few days or so i have to top my coolant level off. there are no visible leaks that i have seen. no drip marks on the ground or anything. i saw this thread like 2 weeks ago and thought it might be the cap, but i dont see any drip marks where the cap is. i fear it being a head gasket but then again it would be smoking out the exhaust a lot. it only smokes out the exhaust when it is cold out now. if anyone has any suggestions it would greatly be appreciated.
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I checked the overflow and everything else for leaks. My overflow is brand new. When I bought the car 6 months ago there was hardly any coolant in the overflow. I flushed everything out and put fresh in. The guy had the car 3 years and he never checked or added any coolant. That is why I flushed it out and started over. I will continue to watch the level.
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Wow he had the car 3 years and never checked the fluid... That would never fly with my dad around. Growing up all we ever heard once a week was, "did you girls check your fluid levels this week in your cars? It became such a common thing, that I do it all the time now. That's how I discovered my Saturn had a cracked cylinder head... A mechanic for a father can save your @ss in the end.
