I wonder why my car was smoking out coolant for a week and just stopped? I mean the only other time I had noticable coolant loss was durring the header install my bro accidently loosened the bolt where the lower coolant hose goes into the block, what a dumb ass lol.
Can't find the source of coolant smell.
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Are you sure it was coolant? it could have been vaopr and moisture buildup in your block from sitting a week. cause the only way to burn coolant is from a warped head or blown head gasket.
i marked a line on my overflow bottle yesterday and am gonna watch it for a bit to make sure im not loosing any. i dont mind the smell as long as its for no good reason.
i marked a line on my overflow bottle yesterday and am gonna watch it for a bit to make sure im not loosing any. i dont mind the smell as long as its for no good reason.
me too
i find that i can fill the coolant tank and a week later it will be half way to the add line.
no signs of leak, cant say i would recognize the smell, but its certainly going down. even wierder is that once it reaches a certain level, i dont lose any more. it will only go down that halfway to add and sits there, so i dont worry about it.
i find that i can fill the coolant tank and a week later it will be half way to the add line.
no signs of leak, cant say i would recognize the smell, but its certainly going down. even wierder is that once it reaches a certain level, i dont lose any more. it will only go down that halfway to add and sits there, so i dont worry about it.
french02chris
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i dont have a msp, but my dx has the same problem...cooling is going down few drops at the time...well, this has been like this since 2004. i replaced the coolant reservoir last year, and all the hoses too...
finally, it happens that i do have a very (but very)small leak on the radiator..well,i am just going to replace now (found one on ebay)...
so,anyway, the car runs more than fine for the last 3 years with this little leak...drove from FL to CA and return,and the car has more than 115000 miles on it!!!!!!reading this thread, it seems to me that all protege use a little coolant,nothing wrong with that!!
finally, it happens that i do have a very (but very)small leak on the radiator..well,i am just going to replace now (found one on ebay)...
so,anyway, the car runs more than fine for the last 3 years with this little leak...drove from FL to CA and return,and the car has more than 115000 miles on it!!!!!!reading this thread, it seems to me that all protege use a little coolant,nothing wrong with that!!
Heck, mine has smelled like the radiator cap is off ever since I bought it new in Feb 03. I have a 114,000 miles now at 13-17PSI (on two different turbos) and it has never, ever leaked a drop.
For some reason you can smell the coolant in these cars.
For some reason you can smell the coolant in these cars.
crashkelly
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DAWIV said:
I did this and it solved the prob when i was experiencing what you all are describing...there was a leak which would only drip a few drops at a time but you could see where the coolant was dripping. The factory clip just wasnt tight enough to deal with the expansion and contraction of the hose...put on a t-bolt clamp and its never been better.
vancitymsp
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fr0st said:
Yep, that's exactly where the leak was. Had the clamp replaced. NO LEAKS..finally.
Dino1956
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I have a Radiator Leak and it is slight enough that the coolant never hits the ground. The coolant that is leaking gets trapped in the plastic housing underneath the front of the car. Never noticed leak until I saw Resoivoir was getting Low and took a flashlight staight down under radiator with my hood open. There was a green puddle caught in the plastic crevice. So it never hit the ground since the leak is small.vancitymsp said:
vancitymsp
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Dino1956 said:
Get a pressure test done to fine the source. It worked for me.
