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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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Antifreeze Smell

Hey. I have an antifreeze smell and no leaks. It smells like its coming from the radiator. Before it was a really strong smell and i found that when i would hit a bump antifreeze would come out of my resevore tank and go all in the engine compartment. I put some tape so the cap would fit tighter and that fixed that, i washed everything down in the engine compartment with water and now i still have a smell. The radiator has a new upper hose and a new cap. Im also not loosing coolant. Whats going on?
 
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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 03:34 PM
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pull your glove box out and pull the cover to the heater core. i had this problem and there was a tiny amount of discoloration on the heatercore which appeard that it was leaking some but not enough to be noticable anywhere.
 
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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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ok il do that thanks
 
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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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I agree. I also heard a softly babbling brook near the glove box upon startup. Only one screw is a little challenging but not too bad. Heater worked MUCH better afterwards.
 
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