coolant leak?

did it overheat?? it sounds like you may have damaged the head gasket from this issue.

This guide can help us see what's going on

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-is-leaking-coolant

Please run down this guide and report back.

Sounds like you need a hose replacement. Hoses get brittle with age and coolant. the heater blowing cold air means there is a air lock not letting the collant to cirulate. Sounds like a easy fix for a garage to do or you can have someone do it for you. must have to make sure what hose is leaking. The sweet smell is the anti freeze. reread your post, have the radiator cap tested it may not be holding back the pressure from the system letting it go to the overfill

I am loosing coolant but have never saw any leaks. The only place I have ever seen coolant is above the strut on passenger side and the hood above the strut. There seems to be a small port there that points up and it must only do it while driving because even with the hood up and engine hot and idle i havent saw any coming out there

Honestly, it sounds like the waterpump may be leaking and coolant is getting on the serp belt and flinging on the hood...

Look at the waterpump. On the bottom there is a seep hole. When the seal or bearing goes bad in the pump, that is where it will leak. Check for evidence of coolant.

Let me know what you find.
Joe

go to someplace like auto zone and borrow a pressure checker. it replaces the radiator cap and you pump up pressure. if there is any external leaks they will show up.

I change my thermostat and I fix the oxygen sensor problem that I had, but now I run my car and my antifreeze goes down and it's hot. I want to know why is this happening? I have to add antifreeze every day.

Hello,

This sounds to me like you probably have a cooling system leak somewhere. Do a visual inspection of the overflow take, radiator, water pump, and all the hoses to see if you can see a spot where it is leaking at. It will be noticeable because it will look "washed" where it is leaking. If you are not able to find it then I have included a couple of links for you to go to down below to find the spot and get it fixed:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/radiator-pressure-test
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-is-leaking-coolant

Please go through these guides and get back to us with what you find out, please.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros

So I checked the car and I get this picture. The oil it's like getting other color I guess is the water pump. And it is little leak for the picture 2.
So if I have to replace the water pump. Which others parts do you recommend to change as I open the engine to change the water pump? And which tool I'll need? The car is the 2004 Dodge Stratus SE 2.7 l DOCH 24 Valve.

Hello again,

Picture two is a picture of your vehicle's crankshaft pulley. If you are worried about coolant leaking there, don't. The only thing that would be leaking from behind there would be oil, from around your engine's front main seal.The oil fill cap has a little bit of condensation on it, but not much. I have provided a few links for you to go to below:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/radiator-pressure-test

Please go through these guides and get back to us with what you are able to find out, please.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros

My car is leaking antifreeze. My boyfriend says it is leaking from behind the motor. WHICH PUZZELS HIM. Do you know why or how to fix it. Thanks, Heather

Head gasket, heater hose, heater core.

If it's the heater core, (unlikely at only 6 years old), fluid will be dripping from a small rubber tube on the firewall if the car has air conditioning, and onto the right front floor on cars without air conditioning.

Head gasket leaks should be visible after crawling underneath. Slow leaks will show up as a white stain running down from where the cylinder head meets the engine block.

caradiodoc

My car recently started leaking the engine coolant. After careful inspection i noticed that it will only leak it when the a/c or heater is ON. Otherwise there is no significant leak that can be seen. What would you guys recommend replacing?

We wouldn't recommend replacing anything unless we knew what was wrong. Is the leaking fluid clear or green? If clear, that's normal condensation draining out from the AC unit in the dash.

caradiodoc

It is green. Where the leak is located slides down to where the oil filter is located and drips from there. I filled the reserve engine coolant tank to maximum line on 06/15/09 and by 06/19/09 i had to refill it again because it was empty.

This will need to be physically looked at by someone. Just as a guess, I would suspect a leaking head gasket. The heater shouldn't make any difference, but the AC removes heat from inside the car and dumps it right in front of the radiator. That will result in higher system pressure which is more likely to push coolant out through a leak.

caradiodoc

Hello! dodge stratus 2.7 engine is leaking antifreeze spot under car is on the right side where is lokated thermostat. It can be leaking water pump.Can water pump leak outside of this endine or only inside.Thanks.

Water pumps can and often do leak outside the engine, my truck just had one go bad on it after 130k and 10 years, you would think they would last longer than that!

The mechanic said my 2000 dodge stratus is leaking water from the back of the engine. What could cause that? Are there plugs and hoses back there that can leak?

Could be a heater hose leaking,intake manifold or a freeze plug that's in between the engine and transmission

It had started overheating and it cut off on me twice. I added water to the radiator and the water was leaking out. I took it to the mechanic and he said it's leaking water from the back of the engine so I've got to take it back to him in the morning. I'm hoping it won't be expensive to fix.

Hi,
Last Friday 5/21/2010, I had brakes repaired (rotors, pads and calipers on front)
After driving 15 miles I saw a leak of antifreeze when I parked my car. It wasn't leaking before the brake repair. Is there any relativity to the brakes/antifreeze leak?

Hi there,

i would say that it is just a coincidence that it has started to leak now, there is no connection with the two systems, go get a cooling system pressure test done to locate this leak.

Mark (mhpautos)

I have a 1998 Dodge Stratus with about 98,000 miles on it. I noticed a while ago that sometimes when i would drive it for a while and turn it off, the engiine would make kind of like a gurgling noise. I checked the coolant and noticed it was low so i put some in, thinking it would solve my problem. A few weeks ago though, the over heated engine light came on on my way to work. I put more coolant in and it was fine. I noticed after that though that there was a leak from underneath the car, coming from the lower right side of the engine (if your standing in front of the car). Since then, the gage in the car that informs you of how hot the engine is has been going up and down everytime i drive. One day it will be fine and the next it will be almost all the way up. Usually though it is about half way up. I stoped using the air conditioning so i know that that has nothing to do with it. I also know that it is leaking coolant because the leakage is the same neon green color that the coolant is. Do you have any idea what could be leaking? I'm hoping its just a hose...and it will not be too expensive to fix. Last summer i had to get the transmission replaced for $500...Do you have any idea how much it might cost to get a hose replaced or what else it may be? Thanks, Jessica

you need to have the cooling system pressure checked. It requires hooking up a pump to where the radiator cap is and pumping air into the system so it will put pressure on it and wherever the leak is should be easy to find since it will literally spray out. [email protected]

I just brought a dodge stratus 2001 85,500 mi. The car overheats after about 45 minutes of driving. The system has no real leaks, all the fluid comes out of the reservoir boiling. I've changed the thermostat, temperature sensor, temperature switch, radiator cap, reservoir, and tighten hoses. I also added some stopleak in the radiator. Any advice or help will be greatly appreciated.

Adding stop leak to your radiator just compounded the problem. It blocks the coolant vanes and reduces coolant flow.

If the coolant hasn't been changed with that many miles it has degraded and causes serioius deposits in the radiator. I am afraid you may need a new one. Good luck

hi i have a 1992 eagle talon tsi with 750cc injectors and ported heads just last week my car was running great but know it is blowing smoke when i accelerate only, i discoverd some oil leaking by the injectors could this be the problem?

[quote:c12ba641e5="smcguire"]I just brought a dodge stratus 2001 85,500 mi. The car overheats after about 45 minutes of driving. The system has no real leaks, all the fluid comes out of the reservoir boiling. I've changed the thermostat, temperature sensor, temperature switch, radiator cap, reservoir, and tighten hoses. I also added some stopleak in the radiator. Any advice or help will be greatly appreciated.[/quote:c12ba641e5]

I've flushed the radiator and refilled it with the pressure filler ( it gets the air out of the system ). I dont know what to do. I've just about changed everything. HELP

I have seen Chrysler products break water pump impelllers, perhaps about a dozen or so in the past 40 years but it would cause your problem.

My personal choice is to remove the radiator and have it rodded if they can--adding stop leak is a bad idea because it restricts the water flow even more by collecting in small areas.

What engine do you have??

you have a blown head gasket exaust is leaking into your resavoire the preasure is forcing all the fluid out. I had the same problem on my LHS. A temp fix would be to get a new cap rated at least 19 pounds this would stop the blow by. Worked for me. But get your headgasket changed soon.