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Smell anything inside the car?
Posted by EricG (more from EricG) on Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:46:20
In Reply to: excessive coolant use?, paulmanchester, Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:37:57
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If you have the dreaded heater core leak, you could easily be using this much in 6k. Should smell a syrupy sweet odor inside the cabin if using glycol antifreeze.
My hope is that it is simply the normal dead space of the expansion tank. I think mine is normally over 1/3 empty when cool. Keep an eye on the level for a few months. Should hold it's own. If not, follow all suggestions for leaky spots.
Then, depending on the source of the leak you can decide whether or not to use Bar's Leak. I've been using it on a heater core leak for 2 1/2 years and the leak is gone. I'm betting you have been reading the Bar's discussions, so I'll let you make up your own mind on whether it is good to have anyway. Worked for me with no problems.
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Posts in this Thread:
- excessive coolant use?, paulmanchester, Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:37:57
- Smell anything inside the car?, EricG, Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:46:20 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: excessive coolant use?, BillJ, Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:50:49
- Re: excessive coolant use?, Bill Davies, Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:09:58
- Re: excessive coolant use?, Craig, Tue, 3 Sep 2002 16:12:04
- way excessive!!!! under any conditions..., shawn, Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:30:52
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