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Tiny
RMOORE09
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Hello, my car's radiator is full of antifreeze and does not overheat. However, my coolant resovoir wont keep fluid. It drains into the radiator until it is all gone. I put water in the resovoir but it drains that and antifreeze. If it is not a leak what could the problem be?
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 AT 6:58 PM

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Tiny
RASMATAZ
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Have the radiator and the cap pressure tested-start here
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 AT 7:05 PM
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The tank could be leaking or the system does have a leak. Get it pressure tested to verify and tell you the failure.

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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 AT 7:05 PM
Tiny
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I do have an intake manifold leak on the car. The car does run really high on idle. Could I be leaking coolant into the engine and that being the reason the resovoir is losing fluid? It does take a while to lose the fluid and it only drains while its running.
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 AT 7:14 PM
Tiny
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Its disappearing due to the leak on the intake manifold and being burned in the combustion chamber
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 AT 7:22 PM
Tiny
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So this is actually pretty severe?
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 AT 7:29 PM
Tiny
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Sooner or later its gonna be so severe that might caused a major engine damage-Have it fix asap
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 AT 8:02 PM

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