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Old 02-08-2007, 08:28 AM
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Coolant smell, I need to get rid of it...

Several weeks ago I had a coolant leak. The car is fix and running fine but I still have that smell when the car gets warm. How can I get rid of it?
 
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Old 02-08-2007, 09:08 AM
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are you sure it's still not leaking?

if not...i would start buy rinsing the area of where the leak was (unless it's the heater core area)
 
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Old 02-08-2007, 10:18 AM
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I do not see any leaks. I did clean the area but the smell still there. Maybe I just have to put more miles and it will go away.
 
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evetentually, the smell will burn off, but if its winter for you it might take some time.
 
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I agree, it will take some time to burn off.
I had my overflow tank leak, I replaced it (what a ball ache that was) and the smell lasted for many weeks.
 
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I had the same smell - overflow onto hot exhaust and it burns off. Check your hoses though, the rubber will fatigue after a few years and start to crumble in the hot tropical climate. One of my hoses may have had a pinhole fissure in it before it burst at speed and blew coolant into the whole engine bay; the whole back of the car was spewing smoke. I had hoses replaced and discovered there was a factory update on the 1999 coolant reservoir, so updated that at the same time. Has been perfect since.
 
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I had to replace a cracked coolant reservoir tank and it took a couple of tanks of gas worth of miles to burn off the leftover on the exhaust. I know what you mean it is kind of disconcerting after you fix it to still have the smell and your wondering if it really is fixed!
 
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Old 02-10-2007, 03:48 PM
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I had the same smell - overflow onto hot exhaust and it burns off. Check your hoses though, the rubber will fatigue after a few years and start to crumble in the hot tropical climate. One of my hoses may have had a pinhole fissure in it before it burst at speed and blew coolant into the whole engine bay; the whole back of the car was spewing smoke. I had hoses replaced and discovered there was a factory update on the 1999 coolant reservoir, so updated that at the same time. Has been perfect since.

This is what happend to me a few weeks ago. I saw smoke comming out but it was actually vapor. the hose was fine but a plastic connector broke and made a mess. I only use the car once or twice a week. Hopefully it will go away soon.
 
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