1992 Chevrolet Blazer Losing Water Radiator Find Leak Tempture Gage Shows Hot

1992 CHEVROLET BLAZER
198,000 MILES
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My blazer is losing water from radiator and I cant find a leak. Tempture gage shows hot when running heater and goes down once I shut it off. Thanks in advance for your help! Susan
Jan 13, 2013 at 6:01 AM
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DRCRANKNWRENCH
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Usuallly running the heater cools the engine off. The heater core may be bad. You could have a coolant pressure test done and ask to have UV dye put in it to try and find the leak.
Jan 13, 2013 at 6:04 AM
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Just noticed the passenger side carpet is so soaked.
Jan 13, 2013 at 6:18 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Sounds like the heater core is leaking
Jan 13, 2013 at 11:03 AM
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