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Loosing coolant slowly not from overflow or raidiator where from

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Sniff at exhaust pipe, if there is a sweet odor there then your coolant is being sucked into combustion and going out exhaust which could also be too white. sign of a bad gasket or crack. serious expensive stuff.

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