Losing coolant

Asked by GuruBSKJ5 Jan 23, 2019 at 09:54 AM about the 2002 Dodge Neon SXT Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I keep losing coolant from where my radiator cap
is I see the antifreeze under my car but my
reservoir is staying at it’s level. My oil is fine my
radiator is new and so is the radiator hose what
else can be cause me to lose antifreeze?

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Hornet_2497 answered 5 years ago

I would replace that seventeen year old radiator cap. Those rubber gaskets at the top can wrinkle up and leak. They also fail to top up the radiator, like the should, when engine cools, while parked. Replace it for about $5 and see if that fixes it.

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Hornet_2497 answered 5 years ago

So if the leak is near the new radiator cap, near the neck of the new radiator, next check that the hose to the overflow bottle is intact. Not cracked where it connects to the neck of the radiator.

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