Old Mar 23, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Brie13
Hi there,
I have a problem that i need help with. (k first off i'm a girl so no noob comments please thanks)
Just last week, my 90 Teg started overheating, at least that's what i think it's doing. My temp gauge stays at a nice in between the middle and the cold, so it doesn't look like it's heating up. I'll be driving to work (freeway, about 30 mins) and by the time i get there, i have smoke coming from the top of my hood (not a lot but enough) and my engine is puking a little antifreeze (i'm assuming that because i can smell it). It pukes out from the middle area of my engine, not the front.

i checked my resevoir and it was almost empty, so i filled it with water (all i had at the time) while my engine had been off all day, so as not to create a problem with a hot engine.

I drove home and no problems. A little smell of antifreeze but from what i could tell it was just burning off my engine, not dripping.

Drove to work this morning, and same thing again. I let the engine run for a while, and the fan comes on and all, so that part isfine. Now there is a bunch of water on the ground under my car.
I didn't think to check the actual radiator, as you can probably tell i was following steps other people have posted here to help.

Any suggestions? Does anyone think i have a leak perhaps? This just started last week, the last thing i did in the engine area was fill my oil because it was low.

Thanks

The endcaps on the radiator tank sometimes bust, and would explain your symptoms. What I would do is drive you car till it warms up, come home, park it, and place some clean white paper underneath it. That should help you spot the exact point of the leak.
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