There, my Nissan Navara recently (3 months.

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2008 NISSAN NAVARA
230,000 MILES

Hi there, my Nissan Navara recently (3 months ago) blew a head gasket. There was a pipe that burst. I had it fixed under warranty and all was well. They skimmed the head and replace the radiator. But about a month ago whilst driving my Navara started to overheat. I decided to stop immediately and I called for Nissan's help. They ran all tests including pressure tests and what else and couldn't find a damn thing. However, the water tank and radiator was empty. They couldn't find a leak. After some anti freeze and water the Navara was good to go. And today I experienced the same thing. I picked it up through my aircon not heating up. Because the latter also happened when my Navara overheated the previous time. I opened my car and guess what? No water in the water tank and no water in the radiator. How is this possible? What is the problem? There is no leaking pipe whatsoever.

Please advise.
Thanks

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KHLOW2008

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41,815 POSTS

Somewhere within the cooling system there is a minute leak which takes some time for the coolant to be depleted from the recovery tank and radiator. Since leak is small, you won't see any dripping onto the ground and the loss occurs over a period of time before overheating is noticed.

A pressure test should be done to locate the source. It could be from the water pump, hose joints, heater core or even radiator.