2012 Ford Focus, 155K miles, it is leaking a decent amount of coolant when my partner drives it to work but doesn’t even leak a drop if I drive it to work. The mileage is the same but I don’t sit in traffic. Could the extra heat from sitting in traffic be opening up a pinhole sized leak in the coolant line?

Edit: Thanks to a tip from the comments when the heat is turned on it leaks. I should be able to bypass that line pretty easy.

Thanks Kolgeirr@sh.itjust.works

  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    Thanks! I tried this, and it leaked. The issue is at the heater core. I’ll putting together a bypass to the line that is leaking now.

    • Kolgeirr@sh.itjust.works
      18·
      1 year ago

      Awesome! I claim victory for this thread. One more notch carved into the 1/2" ratchet.

      People be jumping straight to head gaskets way too much when coolant issues arise.

    • Zero@ezekielrage.comEnglish
      43·
      1 year ago

      So you are breaking the heater in your car and removing the defroster a safety feature? Just replace the heater core…