Comments | ferretwoman: Name this problem (car related)

ferretwoman

Name this problem (car related)

Feb 20, 2009 15:39

2007 V6 RAV-4 - had partial engine replacement in December, due to Firestone putting a defective oil filter on the vehicle. Anyway, since then, my coolant has been "disappearing", about an inch a week. Where is it going - who knows. I don't notice any coolant on the ground. Took it to the dealer and they found nothing (user error they said grrr ( Read more... )

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fairy_tail February 21 2009, 00:32:17 UTC

There is a couple ways a head gasket can go, you can be losing coolent into the oil, or you can be losing oil into the cylinder itself, and being burned off. It could just be a small pinhole leak, thus being burned off and not leaking onto the ground.

There ain't no way to find that out, unless they pull the head off and look at the gasket itself. Otherwise the only way otherwise is to just keep filling it up and since your not loosing a TON of fluid, wait till it gets worse so they can track it down.