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Re: Phantom coolant leak?
[Re: Beefman1]
#1177471
02/12/12 10:40 PM
02/12/12 10:40 PM
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Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?
1_WILD_RT
Management Trainee
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Management Trainee
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 27,347
Today? Who Knows?
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Waterpumps tend to leak intermittently... Use mirror & inspect for a drain hole below the shaft....
"The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."
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Re: Phantom coolant leak?
[Re: ahy]
#1177473
02/13/12 08:52 AM
02/13/12 08:52 AM
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Posts: 21,083 Niles , Ohio
therocks
oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 21,083
Niles , Ohio
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Water pump and the stat housing are known for leaks.That and check the hose for the overflow at the stat housing.Did the belt and pump on the wifes 2.4 and had another leak.Was the stat housing.Had to snip the overflow hose also as when it got hot it would leak some.Rocky
Chrysler Firepower
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Re: Phantom coolant leak?
[Re: Beefman1]
#1177475
02/13/12 11:40 AM
02/13/12 11:40 AM
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Posts: 4,462 Morristown Tn.
71birdJ68
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master
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Ok, first how many miles is on the car? Is it a four cyl? When the water is disappearing and NOT going on the ground after sitting there running for a while and given the time to run down and drip, there in only other place it can go... into the cylinders.The space between the cylinders is very small and these are open block engines, so the head gasket kinda works up and down untill it brakes then every bit of the water will go right out the tail pipe.With the engine running stick your nose down and smell the exhaust, does it smell like cooked antifreeze? I've hade this happen twice, and the same thing both times. If your kucky, on these motors when you fill them up with water there will be steam pockets that take several days of driving and adding water to work them out of the system. No big deal just work it, i have 418,000 miles on my Neon with the original motor.
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