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Old 10-15-2007, 01:03 PM
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Re: 93 Accord - where the hell is the coolant going?

Get a mirror and a flashlight and look all around like under the intake and down the backside of the block and head, all the heater hose connections, heater control valve, freeze plugs, intake manifold gasket, around the throttle body, etc...

And try to locate the A/C evap drain (where the A/C sweats water from) and make sure there's no evidence that the it's leaking out of the heater core. (You'd usually smell this though)...

Check underneath to see if there is any drops hanging out of any holes in the core support or crossmenber...sometimes they leak slow into a trough and it doesn't spill out until the car is moving...

Coolant leaks on the motor when dried up show as bright white streaks running down from the source...sometimes you never see the drip if it cooks off before it falls.

Can you smell coolant, like after driving it?
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