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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Re: Where is my coolant going?
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I have had the car in the air lots of times (have a lift at home). Have seen no signs of leaks. I added a little bit of coolant to the upper black reservoir to make it just below the overflow pipe opening, and I added a little bit to the lower white tank. When I checked the white tank dip stick today, it did have a little moisture on the bottom, so it isn't totally empty. Maybe there isn't an issue here. I'm still baffled at how the coolant goes down AND up that single pipe to the lower white tank. I pulled the passenger floor mat out and felt all around. Even up under the hard plastic dash lower trim. Totally dry. I also looked from the top side at the heater area and saw nothing. There is no fogging of the windshield and no odor in the car.
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11-05-2022 | #2 |
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicagoland, IL
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Re: Where is my coolant going?
Have u checked the oil? Coolant can bet into the combustion chamber being sucked into the #1 and #2 cylinders from the coolant passage in the cylinder head going into the injector housing. The separation between intake tract and coolant path is not very wide and over time the IH gasket may give way along coolant to enter intake. White smoke would show up when you ?get on it?.
Also, pull those plugs on the first couple of cylinders for each bank. Are they steam cleaned?
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