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Other possible sources of coolant leaks on the driver's side of the car include:
1) Thermostat housing - if the gasket fails on the thermostat, coolant would leak from the rear driver's side of the engine.
2) Upper radiator hose - long hose snaking from thermostat housing to radiator.
3) Coolant recovery bottle - located on the driver's side fender. A split in the bottle would cause leaks onto the converter beneath the car.
4) Defective replacement coolant by-pass valve - one other poster reported this problem.
5) Failed hose leading to or from the coolant by-pass valve.
The water pump and other hoses are all on the front side and/or passsenger side of the engine compartment.
posted by 198.208.15...
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Posts in this Thread:
- need help - its not the Coolant Bypass Valve, BrianCT, Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:50:02
- Re: need help - its not the Coolant Bypass Valve, BrianCT, Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:06:31
- Re: need help - its not the Coolant Bypass Valve, CrNiFe
, Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:56:06 - Other sources of coolant on driver's side...., MI-Roger
, Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:03:54 <-- Viewing This Message - Re: need help - its not the Coolant Bypass Valve, Charlie, Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:37:04
- Re: need help - its not the Coolant Bypass Valve, Brian in MA, Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:24:20
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