Disappearing Antifreeze

[blue moon]

Was looking around under the hood and noticed that the Antifreeze level was a good 1/2 inch BELOW the Minimum mark on the reservoir .
Looked over the motor from top to bottom and don't any sign of a leak.

Hope it's not something like a head gasket leak. Going to the dealer on Monday.
Anybody else had this happen?

[eRic]

do you have an engine block heater?

[archenok]

on level ground?

[blue moon]

Originally Posted by eRic

do you have an engine block heater?

Nope, no block heater.

Originally Posted by archenok

on level ground?

Checked it on level ground. Both with the engine Hot and Cold!

[justafiesta]

smell the dip stick, it smell like anything other than oil? Antifreeze has a sweet smell that's pretty noticable! Hopefully you don't have a bad headgasket, thats major surgury

[suprfsta]

I had this issue with mine, dealer told me it was a loose gear clamp. Then I pointed out that the car does not even have one gear clamp and asked if they even pressure tested it. The told me they did. I decided to bring it to my shop and pressure test it myself.. The water pump was leaking. This was at 59K so i was glad I didn't wait!

[blue moon]

Originally Posted by justafiesta

smell the dip stick, it smell like anything other than oil? Antifreeze has a sweet smell that's pretty noticable! Hopefully you don't have a bad headgasket, thats major surgury

Checked dip stick - everything seems normal there.

Originally Posted by suprfsta

I had this issue with mine, dealer told me it was a loose gear clamp. Then I pointed out that the car does not even have one gear clamp and asked if they even pressure tested it. The told me they did. I decided to bring it to my shop and pressure test it myself.. The water pump was leaking. This was at 59K so i was glad I didn't wait!

Don't you just love taking your car to a stealer.
I'm only at 36K miles so there's plenty of warranty time left.

[suprfsta]

haha ya the weird part is that the tech's there call me for diagnostic help weekly so youd think they would do the job right. Ive chalked it up to a poor service adviser not knowing what he as talking about. It may have just been a cold leak at the pump that didnt show up in a pressure test so they bs'd to get warranty time.

[Norm201]

Just be sure that the dealer logs in your complaint even if they find nothing wrong.

[Iceracer]

You are doing the right thing by taking it to the dealer.
I think there may be a TSB on coolant leaks that might apply in your case.
Either way, it will get fixed.