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Old 03-16-2019 | 04:56 PM
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coolant leak...

I drove about 40 miles today with ac on and i parked in the parking lot and coolant light came on.. I checked the coolant temp and it was about 125!!!... i drove back home (it's only mile away) safely and keep watching the temperature, it was going down slowly and fan ran like crazy. once i got home, let the car cool down and open the coolant reservoir cap, guess what.. it was empty.. I went to oreilly's for picking up coolant and poured the coolant to maximum level and started up engine and looked underneath.. it' was leaking.. I turned off the car right way and leak stopped. Is it radiator problem? it's leaking almost in the middle and little bit to driver's side..
 
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Old 03-16-2019 | 06:13 PM
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Hard to say. Could be a hose, loose clamp or the water pump. Try to see as best you can with a bright light. You may need to put it in front service mode.
 
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Old 03-16-2019 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Tgriffithjr
Hard to say. Could be a hose, loose clamp or the water pump. Try to see as best you can with a bright light. You may need to put it in front service mode.
I just started up the car again and check if it leaks underneath but not anymore and opened the cap once I shut it off and coolant level was normal and few moments later I reopened the cap and check to the level and it was below the minimum. Since I do have navigation system, I have to use live obd to see the coolant temperature. It keeps going up to high temp like 112 or more at idling and fan ran crazy.
 
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Old 03-18-2019 | 07:44 AM
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The center area is likely the oil filter housing gasket. See my thread here, I am going through the saga right now. It is a major PITA to replace.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ak-center.html

Or if it is pooling on the top of the trans, then it is the thermostat housing. Your t-stat may have failed (is that 125C or 125F?). That is a much easier job.

You can pressure test the system, and I suspect you will have coolant dripping quite a bit. Take some pics. There are many experts on here that can trouble shoot the areas based on pics.
 
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Old 03-24-2019 | 07:04 PM
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Yesterday, replaced water pump and flange and hose together and it's not overheating anymore but it's still leaking from same place...
I really can't catch where it's leaking from..
As you can see the video I captured, It's leaking from the middle area..

 
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