coolant smell

"Hughie" <nospam.TakeThisOut@nospam.net> wrote in message
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 > I have noticed a coolant smell after I've driven my truck for a while. I
 > only notice it when I get out of the truck. There doesn't seem to be any
 > noise at the engine like a waterpump bearing going out.
 >
 > Hughie
 > 98 Chevy Silverado

Start lookin' for it. It'll be a loose hose clamp, small pinhole in a hose,
waterpump weep holes, or the intake gasket. Could even be the radiator.
Waterpump shaft seals can leak coolant and stink things up before they start
making noise (i.e. they silently leak until the bearings cook, THEN they get
loud).

Doc

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In article <3ff6437d$1@nntp0.pdx.net>,
"Hughie" <nospam DeleteThis @nospam.net> wrote:

 > I have noticed a coolant smell after I've driven my truck for a while. I
 > only notice it when I get out of the truck. There doesn't seem to be any
 > noise at the engine like a waterpump bearing going out.
 >
 > Hughie
 > 98 Chevy Silverado

I'll bet your truck has over 60,000 miles on it.

Get a flashlight, open the hood, look for traces or puddles of
coolant just below the thermostat housing and/or where the intake
manifold-heads and block all join together.
You may see puddled coolant, you may only see whiteish stains
where the coolant tracked down.
Very likely that the intake manifold gaskets have torn apart and
are now leaking coolant.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Neil Nelson wrote:

 > In article <3ff6437d$1@nntp0.pdx.net>,
 > "Hughie" <nospam.DeleteThis@nospam.net> wrote:
 >
 >
  >>I have noticed a coolant smell after I've driven my truck for a while. I
  >>only notice it when I get out of the truck. There doesn't seem to be any
  >>noise at the engine like a waterpump bearing going out.
  >>
  >>Hughie
  >>98 Chevy Silverado
 >
 >
 > I'll bet your truck has over 60,000 miles on it.
 >
 > Get a flashlight, open the hood, look for traces or puddles of
 > coolant just below the thermostat housing and/or where the intake
 > manifold-heads and block all join together.
 > You may see puddled coolant, you may only see whiteish stains
 > where the coolant tracked down.
 > Very likely that the intake manifold gaskets have torn apart and
 > are now leaking coolant.

That is exactly what happened to my truck. The leak on the back of the
intake manifold was hard to find.
Mike<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Yes, it is at the 60,000 mile mark, 60,858 or something

"Neil Nelson" <nonelson RemoveThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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 > In article <3ff6437d$1@nntp0.pdx.net>,
 > "Hughie" <nospam RemoveThis @nospam.net> wrote:
 >
  > > I have noticed a coolant smell after I've driven my truck for a while.
I
  > > only notice it when I get out of the truck. There doesn't seem to be
any
  > > noise at the engine like a waterpump bearing going out.
  > >
  > > Hughie
  > > 98 Chevy Silverado
 >
 > I'll bet your truck has over 60,000 miles on it.
 >
 > Get a flashlight, open the hood, look for traces or puddles of
 > coolant just below the thermostat housing and/or where the intake
 > manifold-heads and block all join together.
 > You may see puddled coolant, you may only see whiteish stains
 > where the coolant tracked down.
 > Very likely that the intake manifold gaskets have torn apart and
 > are now leaking coolant.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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