Problem with coolant leak

smidley · 01-20-2009, 05:53 PM

Hey guys. My coolant dash light came on about a week and a half ago. I have barely done any driving since then and I finally added some coolant to the car two days ago. The light turned off and everything seems to be fine. Until today when I drove home from work to eat lunch. I went back down to the garage to drive back to work and noticed that there was a bunch of coolant on the garage floor. What do you guys suggest I do? Is it possible that I put too much coolant in and it's leaking some of it out? Or do you think I need a new seal? The soonest I can get it into the shop is friday. How much do you think something like this should cost me to get fixed. Thanks for any advice guys!

pbdm4k · 01-21-2009, 10:40 AM

Did you service your own vehicle and change the coolant?
Maybe didnt put any of the caps back on tight?

Not much you can do unless you have the dye and the black light to find out where its leaking. If not, let the garage do it.

Good luck to you.

01-20-2009, 05:53 PM	#1
smidley Private First Class 24 Rep 166 Posts Drives: BMW E60 M5 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon iTrader: (0)	Problem with coolant leak Hey guys. My coolant dash light came on about a week and a half ago. I have barely done any driving since then and I finally added some coolant to the car two days ago. The light turned off and everything seems to be fine. Until today when I drove home from work to eat lunch. I went back down to the garage to drive back to work and noticed that there was a bunch of coolant on the garage floor. What do you guys suggest I do? Is it possible that I put too much coolant in and it's leaking some of it out? Or do you think I need a new seal? The soonest I can get it into the shop is friday. How much do you think something like this should cost me to get fixed. Thanks for any advice guys!
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01-21-2009, 10:40 AM	#2
pbdm4k Lieutenant Colonel 74 Rep 1,689 Posts Drives: 2010 335d Join Date: May 2007 Location: North of the Border iTrader: (3)	Did you service your own vehicle and change the coolant? Maybe didnt put any of the caps back on tight? Not much you can do unless you have the dye and the black light to find out where its leaking. If not, let the garage do it. Good luck to you. __________________ 2010 BMW 335d "Ha! She wants the D." 2006 VW Jetta 2.5 Once upon a time... '03 VW GTI, '99 Audi A4 1.8TQ, '00 VW Jetta 1.85T, '09 BMW 335i xDrive, '04 BMW Z4 3.0i, '01 Audi TT 1.8T, '04 Volvo S80 2.5T
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