Question:
Today when I started my car the low coolant light came on, I looked under the hood and checked the anti-freeze, it was low. So I went to the auto store and bought some more anti-freeze coolant, I filled the reservoir box back p with anti-freeze i looked under the car and saw no signs of a leak on the ground. Then after about 20 minutes of driving my car I got to my destination and figured I would look under the car again while the car was hot, I found the leak, it was towards the front right tire, on the front right side of the car, I was wondering does anyone know what parts are located towards the front right side of the car by the front right tire that would be leaking anti-freeze? Then i drove to work looked under the car again aftre I parked and the anti-freeze was no longer leaking on the ground, but it was still leaking because I heard it dripping under the hood but couldn't see the leak, and the reservoir box was still filled with anti-freeze Anyone know the cause?
Answers:
Water pump leak
water HOSE leak
freeze plug leak
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Take it to a radiator shop, or your local garage and have the guy pressurize your cooling system. You'll see where it's leaking from right away.
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Check you radiator hoses for cracks and dry rot and your heater connections if these are fine be sure to look at your water pump I am not familiar with this model but water pumps generally have a weep hole to indicate they need replacement if your loosing only coolant and not water mixed with coolant then check the reservoir lines for cracks. Good luck car problems suck.Water will follow metal or anything and then drop, from the lowest point, at the time. It could be your radiator. Use and anti-leak coolant. Driving should have sucked the coolant from your reservoir box. But, if it isn't leaking much you wouldn't have notice a change in the water level.
it's probably a hose...When you say right side, I don't know if your talking about the passengers side or drivers side of car. A small by-pass hose could be leaking and it travels down and appears to be in that area, but it could be some other place. Raise the hood next time and look again to see if it is coming from a hose.
Worse case it could be leaking from the water pump.
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Like everyone said, hose, pump, freeze plug. But usually a freeze plug leak is very rare too.You have the dreaded water pump leak. What you have to do is get a very GOOD flashlight. I presume you have the 4 cylinder engine and not the 6 cylinder. Anyway, if you look at the URL it will have some pics, you look up, for the water pump. Anyway, it is driven by the fan belts and it will have a "weep" hole on top where the water will leak out IF and when the pump goes out.
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Now on the hose, what you may have to do is again, get the flashlight, AFTER, you have stopped the engine and go under the car and see if you can spot the leak. If it is the radiator look for turqoise colored spots, indicating a small leak.
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The water hose is self-explanatory. You replace it.
Now if it is the water hose you replace it. While you are at it in any scenario. You might drain the anti-freeze and use the radiator flush. There is the small and larger flush. The larger flush is for you to drive the vehicle around for a couple of hours to really get that flush working. People do not understand the mechanics of radiator maintenance. Anyway, before your next antifreeze change or now. Do this. The smaller bottle you put in and then 15 minutes later flush it out, more or less.
If you spot a pin hole leak in the radiator make sure to do the flush to clean out the system of any mineral deposits. Helps to keep the radiator tubes, where the water passes thru, open. After you have done the flush, then you can use most any radiator sealant for the small radiator pin hole. If you go the cheapie route and then or later on the leak is still there. Then go the K&W block seal. More expensive, but it will definitely seal anything.
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So basically, get a light and figure out where the leak is coming from. If you have problems finding it, go the cheap fix route. Replace the bottom hose. You will need a container to put the antifreeze in to reuse it. Then if you still have the leak then you know it is in the pump or radiator.
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