Disappearing antifreeze

[Sheerkhan]

Greetings

The level of antifreeze in the resevoir in our 98 Dodge caravan keeps going down but I see no signs of leak underneath the van. This morning upon starting there was a loud bang and then it seemed as if the engine tried to seize up. A few cranks later it started but idled roughly. I've checked all the fluid levels which are fine. occasionally upon starting there would be white smoke....which would disappear after a few minutes of running. Does this sound like there is a crack in the block?

Thanks

[evictor]

Originally Posted by Sheerkhan

Greetings

The level of antifreeze in the resevoir in our 98 Dodge caravan keeps going down but I see no signs of leak underneath the van. This morning upon starting there was a loud bang and then it seemed as if the engine tried to seize up. A few cranks later it started but idled roughly. I've checked all the fluid levels which are fine. occasionally upon starting there would be white smoke....which would disappear after a few minutes of running. Does this sound like there is a crack in the block?

Thanks

Do not drive it. Could be a cracked block. More then likely it is a Head Gasket. Have it checked ASAP before more (if any) damage occurs.

[caravandrvr]

I'll go along with that too. If your loosing antifreeze and no signs of leaks then there is a very good chane it's going into your combustion chamber. Do you have white smoke out the exhaust? Or junk on the oil dip stick?

[EZFrank]

Check your oil see if looks milky also check your tranny fluid i have a 97 voyager and anti freeze went into tranny after my radiator busted inside the resevior for the tranny cooler and all the anti freeze leaked into the tranny which know i have to rebuild. Good luck FrankC