coolant leak
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coolant leak
I have a 1996 explorer that is leaking coolant. the only place I can find that is wet is the upper radiator hose. while idling, no leak. step on the gas pedal and coolant sprays off of the fan onto upper radiator hose. it has the 5.0. thank you in advance for any replies
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coolant leak
Try tightening the hose clamps, check again. If these are original hoses, replace 'em...There may also be a pinhole leak in the rad itself.
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might also be the expansion plugs in the engine. one might of rusted through. it happened on our '97 taurus, it was leaking coolant off the engine, and was overheating. turned out that an expansion plug rusted through and had a pinhole leak in it. weird and rare...yes...check it out if replacing the hoses and tightening the clamps does not work.
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 09-Jul-01 AT 02:13 PM (EST)[/font][p]I'm having somewhat of a similar problem as Paul, I have a 98 Explorer Sport, I've added at least 2 full gallons of engine coolant in it over the past month.....also, I continuosly get a check gage light even though everything that could be filled is filled.........any help on this is also appreciated....by the way, I'm new to this chat stuff, so please be easy on me..
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