![]() ![]() Another thought is that when I open the reservoir coolant bubbles out as there is ALWAYS pressure built up even after the car has sat for days and is possibly draining downward and migrating backward. I don't get how the coolant is present in the rear floor and no where else and coincidentaly I also have a coolant leak. Nobody in town has them so I'll try NAPA. Thanks for the info and specifically the o ring part #. I wouldn't go with the regular standard coolants. It's backward compatible with G12, I'm not sure about G11. I'm not sure what the G11 specification is but I would think you should be using at least G12 if you can get it or G13 which is the newer violet colored coolant. You can try and recycle your coolant, I've done it when absolutely necessary, but I filter it before I put it back into the system. I reuse the clips, and adapters, I'm not replacing that stuff every time. Just replacing the thermostat flange gets you a pair of new o-rings, at least Beck Arnley gives you those with a new one. At any rate you still won't be able to change the lower rad hose connection at the radiator, it will require the fitting, clip and o-ring. ![]() As for converting to something else you can try, but the lower rad hose is already a problem to get so I'm not sure what you would substitute for that unless you built one out of other hoses. The thermostat flange and connectors in plastic are a bad idea, and annoying, but I've never had one just start leaking, it's always been the o-ring. Those are the places I would look at first. Be sure to check underneath for holes as others have suggested and the hvac air intake at the cowl, windshield, and plastic liners behind the door panels. If the leak isn't from the heater core (does it smell like coolant inside?) then it's from a body seam somewhere. Did he explain exactly the path it would take? The o-ring part # is 1H0121687A, Napa sells them under ALT 1H0121687, part of their Altrom Imports product line I guess.Īs for the interior leak, it would be a stretch to suggest that it's starting at the lower rad hose and migrating back to the cabin. If the hose to plastic fitting and clamp hasn't been disturbed I'd leave it alone, that is if it's not leaking. And yea, coolant in the rear carpetĬlick to expand.Personally I'd install new o-rings and see how that works. So any tips I can pass on to him would be helpful. This mechanic is a Volvo mechanic but has proven to find and fix an electrical problem that the dealer couldn't figure out having my car for five days and it took him an hour and a half and the magority of that was removing the knee bolster. How the heck is coolant getting there? Any info on any of my repairs would be helpful. It also leaks from under the body through a cab drain hole. ![]() What I don't understand is that the floor in the back on the driver side up against the back portion where your heals would be is wet with coolant. So I'm going to have a guy fix it along with a break fluid leak located at the rr caliper or line. ![]() The low coolant light comes on and I top it off and keep driving but has been getting worse since the temp has dropped. (It could possibly be from elsewhere as well). My 96 Passat has been leaking coolant which I have located to be from both ends of the lower radiator hose. ![]()
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