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Z71TwoTone
12-03-2007, 03:44 PM
Is it normal to smell coolant aound my truck. I don't notice any leaks, but I can definately smell coolant.

Cracker
12-03-2007, 03:55 PM
Check the water pump. You may be leaking enough out of the weep holes to smell but it evaporates before you get to see it.

smoke20
12-03-2007, 05:51 PM
Probably a good call cracker, mine was leakig for a while before I figured it out, and I could smell it all the time. The pump finally failed.

Argon
12-03-2007, 06:14 PM
water pump/heater core is about all we see....do ya smell it inside?

Cracker
12-04-2007, 10:59 AM
"If your gonna be poor you better be handy."
\Iwas \I am, sometimes

Z71TwoTone
12-04-2007, 04:45 PM
no, i only semll it outside. never inside, but as soon as I step outside I smell it. I used to have a 98 K2500 with the 5.7L, and had to replace the intake gasket. Turned out that was common, and I just hope I don't have to get into that again. I can handle a water pump, but I don't know about a heater core.

Argon
12-04-2007, 06:06 PM
the intake is waterless...its about gotta be the pump...

Z71TwoTone
12-04-2007, 07:47 PM
I'll belooking at that then, thanks