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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 05:47 PM
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Question coolant level drop

My coolant level has droped to near empty over the last 5 days.

-Engine temperature stable and holding.

-No engine smoke from the oil compartment.

-Found small puddle of what seems like coolant under the radiator on the ground.

-Engine Oil level at full, clean, no noticable oil burn.

Is it posible for the engine to burn all the coolant in a total of 5 days (1 hour total engine running time within 5 days) and have absolutly no smoke from the engine compartment.



Recently purchased car, dont know much about it....
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 05:49 PM
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is any smoke comming out of your exhuast?
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 05:50 PM
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Best case scenario, your rad has a leak, or water pump weephole is leaking (sometimes hard to find that one). If both parts are original, or look like they are, check those first...
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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 12:17 PM
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run a pressure test and see where it's leaking from...
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Old Jul 2, 2004 | 12:22 PM
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If the engine was burning it, it would come out the exhaust in the form of a sweet smelling cloud of white smoke...specially on startup. Get a new thermostat and the correct mazda radiator cap, then check all hoses and go from there.

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