signs of coolent leekage into engine

1998 MITSUBISHI PAJERO
300,000 MILES
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MARIOALVIS
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Mitsubishi Pajero 3500cc v6 petrol engine. a/t light came on stop vehicle found excess flow of coolant in to reserve tank boiling.coolant in radiator minimum. after a while coolant from reserve tank drastically reduced and coolant in radiator was missing. no leek age was found what are the causes of this and how much to fix?
Jan 1, 2012 at 4:53 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Pressurize the radiator and the cap-
Jan 1, 2012 at 4:59 AM
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MARIOALVIS
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do u think that the coolant has seeped in to the engine and if so will it cost much to fix? and is it a meager repair? as there was no coolant leek age externally visible where has it gone?
Jan 1, 2012 at 12:47 PM
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WRENCHTECH
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Until you do a pressure test on the cooling system, you aren't going to know where it went.
Jan 1, 2012 at 1:30 PM