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Old Jul 26, 2018 | 07:08 AM
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I’ve had this issues for a more than a month now. No leaks anywhere. Keeps evaporating after driving. I keep on adding coolant. Any idea on the issues?
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Old Jul 26, 2018 | 09:54 AM
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You may want to check your oil, I had a six cylinder chevy pickup that had a blown head gasket, no leaks on the driveway or road, coolant was leaking into the oil pan. Hope that is not the case for your car. Good luck .
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Old Jul 26, 2018 | 11:01 AM
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How much are you adding and how often vs runtime and/or miles driven? Have you removed the radiator cap/block fill cap and looked for oil residue?

Have you checked under the water pump and the transmission right side? Does the windshield fog when air begins to circulate? i.e. check the carpets at all four corners for moisture.

Those are the things that come to mind!
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oil has been check, it seems to be normal... carpet has been check, no moisture... no fog... thank you
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You look under the car or is a MT?
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Old Jul 26, 2018 | 04:59 PM
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have not looked under the car. Yes it is manual transmission if that’s what MT means
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Old Jul 26, 2018 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by leav21
I’ve had this issues for a more than a month now. No leaks anywhere. Keeps evaporating after driving. I keep on adding coolant. Any idea on the issues?
I would try this. Maybe it just leaks very slowly under pressure and evaporates before you notice it.

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What does that mean then?
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Old Jul 26, 2018 | 05:29 PM
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More likely you got slow lake from head gasket. Lost of IS350 (If in your case) has that problem on our shop. The more you drive your engine hard, the more fluid you will lost
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@ whitebeast Where is your shop at? How much usually is the repair?
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MT - manual trans. Autos have water to oil heat exchanger using engine coolant to cool the trans on the right side under the car.

Still, get it up on a lift and inspect it from the bottom.
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The gauge on the dash goes back and fort from middle to hot then does
it again while engine still running after 20-30 mins of driving
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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mrfix
I would try this. Maybe it just leaks very slowly under pressure and evaporates before you notice it.

https://www.amazon.com/Interdynamics.../dp/B002M4E0VC
I'd pressure test cooling system. If the coolant is leaking due to head gasket, taste the exhaust condensation it'll have trace of sweet taste.
How about engine temperature is it staying normal?
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Did you check the engine bay ? Waterpumps are known issues on these cars and seep coolant when going bad. Ask me how I know, I just changed my water pump 2 weeks ago. Look for pick residue in the engine bay.
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Originally Posted by leav21
The gauge on the dash goes back and fort from middle to hot then does
it again while engine still running after 20-30 mins of driving
This implies the block IS NOT full of coolant. Have you ever taken the cap off and looked at the coolant level when cold? It should be full to the rim but it's not because it has a leak.

For the coolant system to keep the block & radiator purged of air there can be zero leaks. It is ONLY WHEN the engine cools down that block pulls a vacuum from the reservoir and fills it. When you have the tiniest leak, it pulls air and the block can run low on coolant.

Pressure test the cooling system and cap. Find the leak.
And thanks goes a long ways too. Just sayin... ...
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