Loosing Engine Coolant
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Loosing Engine Coolant
ok...so it seems that I'm loosing engine coolant pretty quick. When driving around town for like a week or two there is usually still some coolant in the reservoir, seems like it's slow...but once I go on the highway and drive it for about an hour at about 80mph it pretty much disappears. I can smell a light "sweet" odor. I have checked the oil level, which has remained a constant and there isn't any white smoke when I start it up, so I'm pretty confident that it's not a head gasket. As far as the radiator cap goes, it seems that it has a pretty good seal, and there is no evidence of leaks...wtf is happening...
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ok so i went to pepboys, found out they charge $35 to pressurize the system...decided, hey why not just replace the rad. cap, since I do remember one cold day when I popped the hood i got quite a bit of steam...also i looked at the water pump, its bone dry bone dry (thank god)..however i did notice a weird spot where there seemed to be a little build up of coolant...wasnt sure if it was from when i spilled a bit of coolant whilst pouring it once upon a time ago...I'll post a picture of it in a few, its one of the drive belt's pully things, right below the water pump all the way on the bottom, and is pretty big(i have a 3.0) can anyone tell me what it is? If not i'll post a pic in a bit.
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My truck does the same thing. After I park it and get out I can smell a slight "sweet" smell from the grill of the truck. No white smoke, dosent overheat. The coolant from the overflow bottle just disappears. I can't remember the last time I added coolant but I checked it the other day and it had a lil in there.
I got a coolant flush done at the dealer back in the beginning of Oct.
I got a coolant flush done at the dealer back in the beginning of Oct.
Last edited by RangerNDog; 03-09-2009 at 02:08 PM.
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I have this same problem. I will fill my resevoir up to the fill line then like a week or two later I'll check and theres nothing in it. I repeat this every couple of weeks. I check the radiator itself and its always full inside. I haven't noticed any leaks underneath the truck either. And I haven't smelled anything out of the ordinary. This always has me scratching at my head.
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I have this same problem. I will fill my resevoir up to the fill line then like a week or two later I'll check and theres nothing in it. I repeat this every couple of weeks. I check the radiator itself and its always full inside. I haven't noticed any leaks underneath the truck either. And I haven't smelled anything out of the ordinary. This always has me scratching at my head.
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From what I can tell thats your oil pan. Doesn't look like coolant to me. I had this problem and then my engine went boom because I never found out what it was. Ended up my heater core had a hole but my heat and everything still worked fine because I kept adding fluid. On the firewall there is little hole on the bottom, this is where all the fluid leaked out, I never had any kind of puddle in the truck so I never knew.