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Old Jan 10, 2002 | 03:39 PM
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loosing lots of coolant??

Just wondering what may be causing the loss of coolant. There are no visible signs of a leak or any corrosion near the radiator. I dont know where all the coolant is going. It was full a month ago and yesterday i had to put in about 2 liters. Any one have any ideas
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Old Jan 10, 2002 | 03:59 PM
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Do a compression check, sounds like a Head Gasket problem. You do not lose coolant with out a reason, good luck.
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Old Jan 10, 2002 | 04:05 PM
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Same thing was happening to my friend in his '88 Vette a few weeks ago. Is coolant getting into the oil or vice versa? Check your oil and if it is milky looking then you have coolant in the oil. Usually this is a head gasket problem but for my friend it turned out to be his oil cooler. The piece that goes in between the block and oil filter was leaking. May want to check that before you pull a head off.
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Old Jan 10, 2002 | 04:59 PM
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Does your car interior smell like coolant?

If so check the passenger side floor, you could have a leaky heater core.
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