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coolant loss, version 2 900

posted by  bushleague on  Fri Oct 29 12:29 CST 2004
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Hi everybody,

I just posted the message below to the general RWD forum by mistake, so I'll repost it here, with a postscript.
I have a '96 965, and back in August I saw the coolant warning light come on as I started up the car. It shut off after about 30 seconds. I was near a parts place, got some prestone to stave off what might be a really negative event, and put in enough coolant to bring it back up to the max level. Then I had my mechanic do a pressure test on the system and he found no problem. The car has since been driven about 2500 miles --including a 1500 mile road trip-- and this morning the light came on again; I repeated the top-off.
Here's the question --and forgive me for its' basic level and probable redundancy-- where is the coolant likely to be going?
Here's some other perhaps relevant info, perhaps it's just another problem. Seems I have a bit of an oil leak at the top rear of the engine block and, 2, the car seems to be producing less power than previously.
Thanks.

Since that post, I searched the archives differently, and got somer esults this time. It seems like I may have a headgasket issue. I'll look for oil in the coolant in the daylight tomorrow. Anything else I should check/have checked? Thanks again.





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