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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
One of the things I took great pride in was my ability to explain how systems functioned to a person who had not even the most basic understanding of those systems, without appearing to be a real jerk in the process (from the others perception and no reflection on any post here). When coolant magically diasppears, head gaskets are obvious possibilities, but a top tank, or top of the radiator leak can be very subtle and not really leave any puddle under the car, which isexactly what happened on my 99 Maxima. I never overheated, but only leaked when I filled both the bottle and the radiator itself, which put pressurized liquid at the top of the system for the first time in months.
His situation may be identical . In one of his responses he posted that he had topped off the tank but he did not mention the radiator which was much more important.
I hope he gets his problem resolved without any catastrophic expense.
I don't have enough facts to draw a conclusion at this point. In my shop it would have been diagnosed in about 30 minutes.
regards
Mech
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I thought you did a commendable job in trying to diagnose the problem and educate everyone about it.
But either he has a coolant system leak, or he doesn't - and it's still unclear whether he does or not. If he does, that coolant is either leaking out or it's being vaporized, or it's going back into the reserve reservoir, or out the tail pipe. Either the system isn't full, or he's losing fluid somewhere. Or it's an electrical problem affecting the fan.
Yep, not enough information. And he still hasn't told us how old the car is and how much mileage is on it. But regarding the thread topic, one thing is virtually certain - his cooling problem has nothing to do with the grade of oil used.
