Sentences with phrase «coolant leaking out»

Anecdotal evidence: Once upon a time I overheated an engine in the dead of winter after a cracked lower radiator hose lead to all my coolant leaking out — I wasn't aware it was compromised and didn't realize it was leaking out as I was driving.

The water pump recently went bad, so I'm not sure how much oil was in the radiator because all the coolant leaked out; I just found some on the inside of the cap.

Your car overheated and the coolant leaked out of the overflow bottle.

There were a steady stream of failures that ended when the coolant leaked out just months after replacing the radiator, water pump and hoses causing the engine to overheat and throw a rod.

Hans Bethe, Manhattan Project scientist and Nobel laureate, calculated in 1956 that if a breeder's liquid sodium coolant leaked out, it could melt in 40 seconds, become a small unintended atom bomb and spontaneously explode.

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A failing head gasket might also be leaking oil out of the block, which could explain a large loss of oil without an equal gain in the coolant level.

Interestingly, the system didn't seem to want to accept coolant for some reason - it all came leaking out of the hose.

If you can't see any obvious signs of leaks, or steam coming from anywhere if you run the engine, a likely cause is a cracked cylinder head gasket, which is letting the coolant into the cylinders and out of the tail pipe as steam.

On further inspection the car has leaked all the coolant out.

Firstly, if your coolant is draining every week, then you have a major leak somewhere, and I'd recommend you get that fixed first - otherwise you may find that you run out during a journey and overheat your engine, which could result in total engine failure.

Coolant going out via the tail pipe (leaking into a cylinder) may be noticeable as steam (white «smoke») or as a sweet smell in the exhaust.

It is a small hand pump that pressurizes the system and forces the coolant out at the leak point.

White smoke is usually vaporized water: be it condensed on the exhaust and let out through the first minutes of running or even leaked in coolant.

I read that the white smoke is likely a coolant leak, but when I opened up the hood it look as if the leak must have been spraying straight upwards and then dripping back down — and I can't figure out where it's coming from.

A couple of things to consider with a stop leak is, it usually works great for keeping the coolant from flowing places it shouldn't, but it doesn't work too good at keeping the exhaust gasses out of the coolant.

I had a head gasket leak from the cylinder into the coolant that was pushing coolant out the top of the overflow tank.

If you're absolutely sure that you smell coolant out of your exhaust pipe, then that means it's leaking into one or more combustion chambers, getting burned up and emitted out of the exhaust.

Your either burning it i.e. head gasket, leaking, it may be a small leak that burns up as your driving or the radiator cap is not holding pressure and pushing coolant out the overflow.

It sounds like you're out of coolant either burning or leaking.

Over time the heater control valve can wear out and crack, which will cause coolant to leak from the valve.

Hello - you may have a coolant leak (https://www.yourmechanic.com/question/water-pump-might-be-bad-car-has-coolant-leak) from a worn out water pump.

Have the cooling system pressure tested to see where the coolant is leaking out?

Once the radiator coolant sensor begins to come out of the hole, radiator fluid will begin to leak.

If the car is using coolant and you can't find any leaks, it must be going out the tailpipe; and that would certainly explain the smoke.

Coolant should not be leaking out of timing cover.

Turns out coolant leaked into the battery compartment and reacted with the battery cells causing a chemical reaction that started a fire.

The first thing you will want to do is find out why the coolant is leaking or being consumed.

You may have left over coolant inside the heater core that will still leak out onto the flood until the core is empty.

Watch out for coolant / oil leaks in the engine compartment.

It has 199k miles on it and has only had a few minor issues (1) water pump went out around 140k miles, replaced, (2) began using coolant at a slow rate but no leaks.

Regularly check the coolant level; if you notice coolant leaks on your parking spot or if the engine temperature starts rising more than usual, have the truck checked out.

When inspecting the truck, watch out for low engine coolant level and coolant leaks from the radiator and thermostat housing.

A leaking water pump is mentioned often; keep an eye on the coolant level and watch out for coolant smell under the hood and signs of overheating.

Watch out for coolant leaks; they are not uncommon.