the sweet smell of antifreeze

[SilverRS96]

yesterday i checked all of my fuilds and i noticed that i was low on Antifreeze...so i put some in and that was that...now all i can smell is that...i have no wet spots under the car after i leave it sittin for awhile...i dont know what it is!! help me

[shock_core]

if your antifreeze keeps like disappearing ... your head gaskets are blown, you'll see like puffs of white smoke comming out of your tail pipe and it does smell like antifreeze ... i could be wrong though :\

[BLLDOGG]

when i change my antifreeze, i smell it for a few days. i think it just kind of sticks around for a few days. but yes, watch for that smoke

[93camaro_zzz]

Oh come on guys... he says he smells antifreeze, and you blurt out he has a blown head gasket. You sound like every single person at me shop.

Customer: "My car overheated"
Gay Co-workers: "Probably a blown head gasket"

I take look at car and replace STUCK thermostat.

Gay Co-workers: "Oh, well yeah it can be that too." :rolleyes:

Where do you smell the antifreeze? Outside or inside? If outside, just buy like a pressure tester. I thin autozone either rents them, or will do it for you. BUt it pressurizes the cooling system, and you can see where it is leaking. If inside, you heater core might be leaking. If your car is starting hard. Like not starting right away, but turning over for a while, and then starting, I would suspect a head gasket. Cause after it sits, then water will seep into the cylinders, and make it take a little longer to start than normal. Good luck. ;)

[SilverRS96]

it starts right up no problem...i was thinkin head gasket but i dont have any smok comin out of my tail pipes...wouldnt i have white stuff in my oil or somethin? i can smell it inside the car but i always have my windows down and my tops off so that really doesnt say much

[speedy-v6-camaro]

I smelled antifreeze for about 3 weeks thinkin my water pump was slowly leakin till BAM...heater core went out. Check the passenger floor under the dash for the smell.

[AaronG]

did you spill ANY in the process of topping off? when ever i mess with the coolant in my car, i always rince off the engine bay off real good.

[WishIHad$$$]

This might sound dumb but, did you add water when you added antifreeze?

[ABH]

My intake gasket went. And I had no smell or smoke.

[SilverRS96]

no i didnt use water when i put it in...and i didnt spill any i made sure i got it all...cuz when i spill it on somethin is ticks me off cuz it just smells til it burns off

[SilverRS96]

alright so i just jacked up the car and looked underneath to c what was goin on...my passanger side has got some antifreeze on it...sway bar, tie rod, just in random places but i still cat find out what exactly it is or where its comin from....grrr

[speedy-v6-camaro]

Passenger side sounds like the heater core like I said...it was dripping onto my y-pipe as well...check there and then the firewall underneath the heater core.

[SilverRS96]

how much does somethin like that go for?...i havent seen any on my y-pipe but give it time...i bet ya that it will make its way

[speedy-v6-camaro]

$80 at autozone...sucks to replace since you have to pull it out from in the car, but easily doable.

[97rs]

my antifreeze was dripping clear across the k-member at the bottom of the car, but it was leaking from a cracked plastic elbow right by the tensioner pulley. it's the intake manifold to heater elbow i think, a $3.00 part, but its hard to get to and you cant see it without taking the tensioner pulley off.