coolant question

by **socalisolara** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:49 am

i have a 1gen with 69k miles and recently i notice that my coolant level is low even after a refill. I checked for any leak or crack on the radiator and there is no crack. what gives? help needed...

by **onefiend** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:50 am

I had the same issue with my Solara, but usually only during summer time. If you dont have any hoses that are leaking or cracks in the radiator you should be fine.

How many miles are on your car and have you ever flushed out the radiator?

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:47 am

onefiend wrote:How many miles are on your car and have you ever flushed out the radiator?

His post indicated that.

I'd suggest you flush you cooling system. Also have someone inspect hoses. I had micro-fractures on my radiator on our ES. I was loosing coolant but there weren't any puddles of water under the car not was there any fluid leaking from the radiator itself. Get it flushed first and then proceed from there, you have very little miles for this to happen.

by **onefiend** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:55 am

Jai_Jai_Binks wrote:
onefiend wrote:How many miles are on your car and have you ever flushed out the radiator?

His post indicated that.

I had micro-fractures on my radiator on our ES. I was loosing coolant but there weren't any puddles of water under the car not was there any fluid leaking from the radiator itself.

my bad...I forgot about those micro fractures.

by **swindler** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:07 am

I had a car once that kept losing coolent without puddles. It turned out it was leaking coolent into and outside the engine, the oil would begin to gel, and the engine was burning the rest off. The ultimate fix was to replace the intake manifold gasket.

Of course, that was a GM. Not a Toyota. :wink:

by **~Spadwaller~** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:37 am

do a compression test on the radiator!

by **woa_its_j3ff** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:09 pm

~Spadwaller~ wrote:do a compression test on the radiator!

I second that.

by **SleeperSolara** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:53 am

Get you radiator checked for leaks somewhere.
And then hoses.
Then check for the water pump.
Cause mine i had leaks in teh radiator but dried up on there though.
Then went to get timin' belt and water pump changed, and the water pump seal gave way, but you couldn't see it drip the coolant.

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