is it normal to lose a pint or two of coolant a year?
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Paul S Lacey
Enthusiast
Just check that the bolt under the overflow has been shortened, it can be pushed up by speed curbs and puncture the overflow bottle the coolant loss is little but often so I guess when it happened to mine it was about 2 pints per year
Check you coolant tank in the front fascia, as many of these have been punctured and can drip slightly. The Gen IIs don't normally use much, and though yours doesn't sound excessive , I would check everything out.
Aside from a true leak in the overflow bottle, you can see intermittant loss from the bottle itself with a bad "radiator" cap on the pressure tank in the engine bay.
Check the level in the facia tank for it being too full. Common for them to draw air in the lines during cool down. After multiple cycles, eventually will get air in system and push fluid out facia tank when heating up.
If your facia tank seems to fill up over time and eventually push fluid out, clamp your hose to metal connections on the hose from facia tank to surrogate tank.
If your facia tank seems to fill up over time and eventually push fluid out, clamp your hose to metal connections on the hose from facia tank to surrogate tank.
ByteMe
Viper Owner
The other problem I've heard of is the connection from the facia tank to the main tank. In a lot of cases there's no clamp on this connection.
Ulysses
Enthusiast
The cap popping off the coolant reserve tank has been a source of this problem, but like Bill said, yours doesn't sound excessive.
Big Medicine
Enthusiast
Of course if you flush it every spring you don't have to worry about losing a pint a year.
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