Coolant Odor
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OK, will check, but I should have clarified: the smell is not in the passenger compartment, it is in the engine bay.
If I still cannot see anything obvious, would it make sense to take it to a radiator shop?
Are there tests they can do (without disassembly) that I cannot?
Thanks.
If I still cannot see anything obvious, would it make sense to take it to a radiator shop?
Are there tests they can do (without disassembly) that I cannot?
Thanks.
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The coolant can also be coming from the water crossover on the passenger side with the heater hose where it mates with a cracked intake man leaking down into the engine valley. But as Dyno said, take a look under the intake for coolant coming from either or....
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Follow up: A radiator shop did a pressure test.
At about 15 psi, tech said saw coolant begin to well up and drip from rear corner of head on passenger side.
Hopefully it is leaking from somewhere else and running down and pooling there.
A Ford mechanic I know said it is not likely that the head gasket would leak there.
Comments / suggestions as to how to best zero in on the problem?
At about 15 psi, tech said saw coolant begin to well up and drip from rear corner of head on passenger side.
Hopefully it is leaking from somewhere else and running down and pooling there.
A Ford mechanic I know said it is not likely that the head gasket would leak there.
Comments / suggestions as to how to best zero in on the problem?
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Follow up: A radiator shop did a pressure test.
At about 15 psi, tech said saw coolant begin to well up and drip from rear corner of head on passenger side.
Hopefully it is leaking from somewhere else and running down and pooling there.
A Ford mechanic I know said it is not likely that the head gasket would leak there.
Comments / suggestions as to how to best zero in on the problem?
At about 15 psi, tech said saw coolant begin to well up and drip from rear corner of head on passenger side.
Hopefully it is leaking from somewhere else and running down and pooling there.
A Ford mechanic I know said it is not likely that the head gasket would leak there.
Comments / suggestions as to how to best zero in on the problem?