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Engine Coolant Leak

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by jtruniger, Jul 10, 2019.

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  1. jtruniger

    jtruniger New Member

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    Hi I have a coolant leak somewhere because I saw a puddle on the ground
    under my car and the coolant level decreased. I put some sealer stuff in and
    that seemed to help for now. I did a pressure test on it and nothing externally
    seemed to leak but it started coming out of the overflow. Any idea what this
    could be? From what I can tell there are no misfires. I have a 2006 prius
     
    #1 jtruniger, Jul 10, 2019
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    Welcome to PriusChat!!

    How much coolant was missing, and where under the vehicle was this puddle?
     
    #2 SFO, Jul 11, 2019
  3. edthefox5

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    Can’t understand why nobody can list the cars milage.

    Let’s guess. If it’s anywhere near 200000 miles it has a bad water pump. Front of engine where the water
    Pump belt is get flashlight and look for leaking coolant out of the bottom of the pump out the weep hole.

    Or it overheated somewhere in its life and has a blown head gasket, if the oil dipstick looks like milkshake it’s a blown head gasket.
     
    #3 edthefox5, Jul 11, 2019
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    You put in sealer stuff? If you can’t repair cars yourself you might as well start looking for another car. That stuff causes nothing but problems and clogs things up.
     
    #4 Skibob, Jul 12, 2019
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    AND.....the most common place for leaks is the overflow bottle and the hose going to it.
     
    #5 sam spade 2, Jul 12, 2019
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    Can you confirm, is that the little reservoir behind the radiator, left of center facing the car? Why does this hose leak and where do you get a new hose? The clip holding it is all rusted so that must be it.. answered my own question.
     
    #6 PriusGuy816, Aug 19, 2019
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    Sorry don't know about your model.
    Someone else should though.
     
    #7 sam spade 2, Aug 19, 2019
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