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Help! B23F eating coolant! 200

posted by  Asudad on  Sun Jul 4 15:15 CST 2004
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1/2 gallon in 50 miles is a lot! It doesnt appear that it is an internal leak thru the head gasket or your car wouldnt be running very well and you would definitely see coolant smoke in the exhaust. Still it might be external leak of the head gasket. You would have to see a coolant spot on the ground with a coolant trail.

You never said if you had a coolant smell in passenger area. I guess it is always possible heater core is leaking and somehow draining thru evaporator case drains. But still you should get a really strong coolant smell and coolant on ground.

If you are not seeing the leak, it sounds like you will have to do a pressure test.






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