O2 Grand Am Coolant
dave4887
01-28-2005, 09:46 PM
02 GRAND AM USING A LOT OF COOLANT i HAVE TO REFILL EVERY MONTH OR MONT AND A HALF ANY IDEAS
Slade901
01-28-2005, 09:54 PM
How does your oil look like? Is it milky or not? If milky, you have a bad head gasket.
If oil is not milky, you may have a failing water pump. Failing water pump will drip via its weep hole underneath the water pump itself. I have to run my vehicle for 10-15 minutes IDLE and shine a flashlight on the water pump and found out that it was slowly leaking on the water pump's weep hole.
Just make sure you have a good tight coolant reservoir/radiator cap (still working at the specific PSI).
If oil is not milky, you may have a failing water pump. Failing water pump will drip via its weep hole underneath the water pump itself. I have to run my vehicle for 10-15 minutes IDLE and shine a flashlight on the water pump and found out that it was slowly leaking on the water pump's weep hole.
Just make sure you have a good tight coolant reservoir/radiator cap (still working at the specific PSI).
dave4887
01-28-2005, 09:57 PM
thankyou I will check both of these out
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