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Coolant Smell
Posted by taxcafe [Email] (more from taxcafe) on Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:24:35
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I just got my radiator flushed at Jiffy Lube a few weeks ago. Before that, I was seeing 'coolant level low' messages every few months (and the coolant level would be low/er).
After getting the radiator flushed, the message has come back a few times (the first time I just needed to top off the coolant...air bubbles in the system etc.), but after topping off the coolant a few times the alert has come back. I topped it off about 200 miles ago and the car smells like coolant (a little less now...maybe when the car is really heated up?).
The alert has not come back, but I'm concered with the smell that is coming/going. Any suggestions? Is this going to be a head gasket/thermostat nightmare?! *gulp*
Approx 65k miles on car
Year/Make/Model: 1996 SAAB 900 SE TURBO.
Engine: 2.0L L4 TURBO 16V INT
Automatic
I can provide more service information if necessary?
Please help.
Thanks,
Syma
One person on another message board wrote "But coolant smells in the passenger compartment, combined with a sudden pattern of losing coolant, almost always spells heater core replacement - regardless of vehicle.
But then again, the placement of the fresh air intake on the 9-5 model would tend to cause any coolant leak within the engine compartment (from a low cost and easily accessible hose for instance) to be detected within the passenger compartment by smell."
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