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  1. 27th April 2016, 06:12 PM #1
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    Coolant on Driver's Floor?

    Hi Everyone!.. my first post so be gentle..lol
    I have a V8 Petrol Disco 3 (2005 year model) & it has a slight coolant leak that I cant yet find. There's a couple of bizarre things though:

    1) It only seems to lose about a litre of coolant and no more...hmmm
    2) This is gonna sound stoopid but....there's seems to be coolant pooling under my floormats on the driver's side floor.

    Any ideas?
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    Coolant will be from the HEVAC(heating/aircon) system.
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    Sound like it could be the heater core. The pipes usually corrode out. Does the heater work on fresh air? Not a definite answer but could tell you...
    What Andy said, beat me to it.... I ended up just blocking mine off in the 2004 Magna this happened to last year. Would have fixed it if it was a D3 though!
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    They run coolant all the time,its part of the climate control system to select the temp you want,hopefully its just an O ring on a fitting under there.
    When really hot have a feel of the radiator hoses to see if there seems to be excessive swelling in the hoses.This could indicate a leaking head gasket causing excess pressure in the cooling system.DONT OPEN THE COOLANT BOTTLE WHILST HOT.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Russrobe View Post
    Sound like it could be the heater core. The pipes usually corrode out. Does the heater work on fresh air? Not a definite answer but could tell you...
    What Andy said, beat me to it.... I ended up just blocking mine off in the 2004 Magna this happened to last year. Would have fixed it if it was a D3 though!
    Andy is onto it....

    I did that in the old HQ and HZ.
    Those were the days when cars were easy to fix
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