Where is my coolant going???

Cracker · Postby **Cracker** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:37 pm

I have an '05 with 172,000 miles. I did the coolant/tranny bypass around 120,000 miles. Never had an issue with it. Don't have much in the way of issues at all actually. A few months ago I noticed that a fan would turn on not long after the engine was turned on...like an extra cooling fan. I thought it odd since the engine would not have been that hot. Turns out I was pretty low on coolant...dropped about a gallon in and filled the main to about an inch below the cap. Two months later I check again and it's a few cups low. My coolant is going somewhere, and not onto the garage floor. The reservoir next to the wiper fluid appears to have a normal level. Any idea where the coolant is going? Drives just fine and the temp gauge never gets more than 25% high. I use synthetic oil and change it every 10K miles.

Kestral · Postby **Kestral** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:57 pm

Is your motor oil a milky white color? Cracked head?

Could be your heater core leaking do you smell coolant inside or outside the Pathy?

Cracker · Postby **Cracker** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 3:41 pm

Well, I do have a leak somewhere...it's dripping onto the ground. Oil is looking good. I'll monitor it. I filled it a week ago and it's still visible at the top of the radiator so it's not a bad leak--One drip every 15 seconds.

Kestral · Postby **Kestral** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 5:37 pm

You may want to send an oil sample into Blackstone labs to see if there is any collant in your oil.

Where is my coolant going???

Where is my coolant going???

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