1993 Chevy Cavalier Rs. Smoking but not over heating?

Tiny
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I have a 93 Cavalier RS, 4cyl. Automatic. I'm not sure what the engine size is, but it's got about 113,000 miles on it. My car is leaking anti-freeze, but you can't see anywhere that it's leaking. It's wet on the ground, but the anti-freeze doesn't run out quick. When it's running and it's been running for a while, it'll start smoking, but the thermostate isn't showing that the car's running hot. Does anyone know what might be wrong with it?

It's leaking from the front of the car, and it's white smoke. If you look behind the overflow down near the bottom of the raditor, you can see that it's a little wet, but not enough to make it smoke the way it does.
Thursday, November 15th, 2007 AT 6:50 PM

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Tiny
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My car is leaking anti-freeze, but you can't see anywhere that it's leaking. It's wet on the ground, but the anti-freeze doesn't run out quick. When it's running and it's been running for a while, it'll start smoking

What exactly do you meant by this? And where is it smoking upfront or on the back of the car.

The leaking can be a hose, water pump, freeze plug, radiator etc when heated up good it will open and expose itself-you need to check when it starts to smoke. You need to ID the leak so that we can provide the corrective measures to eliminate the problem.
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007 AT 7:00 PM
Tiny
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No we've replaced the radiator hose, and the smoke is coming from the front. If you look behind the over flow near the bottom of the radiator hose it's a little wet, and if it sits somewhere for a while you can see the anti-freeze on the ground that leaked out of it, but when you look the levels arn't low.
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007 AT 10:51 PM

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