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2001 alero my coolant keeps disapiering every other day no coolant in oil,not overheatng,not leaking out,not leaking from tailpipe just empty...then the light comes on. HELP!!!
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When you say it is "pushing out coolant" you should be able to identify where the coolant is coming from. If the coolant is leaking beneath the vehicle from the firewall, it is a leaking heater core. If there is no evidence of leak but the coolant is disappearing, and there is white smoke coming from the tailpipe when the vehicle is running, it is a bad head gasket.
Well, I hate to break this to you but your coolant is leaving through your exhaust pipe. You may have a bad head gasket or your engine block may be cracked. Coolant is leaking into the cylinders and burning off when the engine fires and exiting through the exhaust.
You have a leak. Check the oil to see if there is water in it. Withe the engine running, check the tailpipe to see if excess water is coming out. If yes to either of these, then you have a bad head gasket or cracks in the head/block. You need to find where the coolant is leaking in order to fix it.
CHECK FOR COOLANT LEAKS AROUND THE RADIATOR LOOK DOWN BETWEEN COOLING FANS AND RADIATOR SIDES FOR SIGNS OF ANTIFREEZE.CHECK ALL RADIATORS HOSES AND HEATER HOSES.IF ALL LOOK GOOD CHECK ENGINE OIL FOR COOLANT LEAKS.IF OIL LOOKS LIKE MILK SHAKE COOLANT LEAKING IN CRANK CASE.YOU HAVE A HEAD GASKET LEAK.YOU NEED TO CHANGE OIL + FILTER. GET THE HEAD GASKET FIX.BECAUSE LEAK IN THE CRANK CASE WILL LOCK UP THE ENGINE.IF CRANK CASE OIL LOOKS OKAY.YOU DONT HAVE THE COOLANT CORRECT MIXTURE.YOU SHOULD HAVE 50/50 ANTIFREEZE AND WATER.
if it isnt leaking on the ground, it's going into the engine , white white smoke from the tailpipe is definately a blown head gasket. do a pressure test on the radiator, if the pressure goes down, with no leaks on the ground, its a head gasket
Possible coolant leak on hot engine parts causing it to evaporate as it leaks. That would definitely invade the cabin air.
You would need to carefully check under the hood with the engine warmed up and running.
Also could be a headgasket failure between coolant channels and a combustion chamber. This latter problem sometimes shows itself as vapor at the tailpipe after there should be no more visible. You may also detect the odor of coolant there too.
What color is the smoke ?
Greyish means coolant is leaking into cylinders( Bad Head gasket)
Bluish means oil is leaking into the cylinders
Black means car is running rich.
If greyish look at coolant resivoir for traces of oil ( usually milky kind of substance) could be tranny fluid or motor oil mixing with coolant depending on whether the vehicle is an automatic and if so is the ATF cooler leaking.
keep me posted Good Luck
Have you checked inside vehicle to ensure there is no heater core leak? If not leak found there and leak at thermostat housing is not severe once at normal operating temp, issue could be with a cylinder head crack to an exhaust valve which generally vents coolant to exhaust with very little or none showing in oil.
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