2003 Ford Taurus Repair Question
Mileage: 168,500 miles.
No apparent leak, but coolant is low 2 or 3 times per day since coolant light came on 3 days ago?
Asked by RobertndawnAnswer
Check around the water pump pulley and see if there is any coolant in the area.
Is there any smokey color to the exhaust?
There must be a leak somewhere and you need to performa pressure test to loace the leak. If you don't seee any external leaks, check the interior. If the heater core leaks, the coolant would flood the cabin. Lift up the carpet to check.
Also get the trouble code pulled. And Advance Auto or Auto Zone will do this for free.
the coolant tanks are bad for leaking check for a crack in the under side hard to notice leak
The coolant tanks would loose that much coolant in 40 miles of driving. I would think the radiator cap is bad for circualting so much into the tanks.
apparently experts don't know the coolant tank on a ford taurus is pressurized and the cap screws onto it nothing but hoses go to the radiator
When cooling system leaks, the best way to go about is to perform a pressure test. That was what I recommended in the first place. No matter what system is used, the pressure test cannot fail.
I have changed 25-30 of these tanks it is hard to detect and most people aren't like us and have a pressure testing system not saying it is the tank but is something to also check