Coolant leaks

Tiny
2002NISSAN2002
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  • 2002 NISSAN XTERRA
  • 3.3L
  • 6 CYL
  • 4WD
  • MANUAL
  • 258,900 MILES
Hi,

So the coolant drain into the resolvor reserve bottle, but would not return it back to the radiator when it's hot. I have to keep adding antifree and empty the bottle almost everyday. I had change a new radiator and new cap. Also changed a thermostat on it. Still having the problem of losing antifree into the resolvor bottle. Any idea what esle could it be? Thank you
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 AT 11:03 AM

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Tiny
SCGRANTURISMO
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Hello,

The coolant is going somewhere. Does your vehicle exhibit a lot of white smoke? If so this would indicate a blown head gasket. Usually how a cooling system leak is diagnosed is to do a cooling system pressure test. Here is a link below explaining how to do this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/radiator-pressure-test

Please go through this guide and get back to us with how everything turns out, or what you are able to find out.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros
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Thursday, November 14th, 2019 AT 2:39 PM

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