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Old 01-27-17, 10:43 AM
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Default Coolant leak

Just the red





Seems like coolant from a release tube underbody purposely put there, but question is why?
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weird. Usually that tube is just for water for ac in the summer. lol wtf. I have a coolant leak but its just the radiator. Did you check under the hood ?
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weird. Usually that tube is just for water for ac in the summer. lol wtf. I have a coolant leak but its just the radiator. Did you check under the hood ?
i replaced my radiator cap and will see if that was it
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Originally Posted by dreamcar88
weird. Usually that tube is just for water for ac in the summer. lol wtf. I have a coolant leak but its just the radiator. Did you check under the hood ?
on the cooling overflow can, isn't there a long tube running down the side? wouldn't that be this then
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