Anti freeze smell

BHaebe · Post by **BHaebe** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:54 am

We have an '03 AWD- on hotter days, after parking the car, there is a strong anti freeze smell from the engine bay. It does NOT use any coolant, according to overflow bottle. Anyone else have this problem? It does not run hot and I have not had to add coolant. Just smells bad like it broke a hose or popped a gasket.Thanks for input, Bruce

NovaResource · Post by **NovaResource** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:23 am

It normal. Nothing wrong. Discussed in great length here:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=1000

Vibe · Post by **Vibe** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:32 pm

Nova-------Good thread referal. But I,myself have never smelled coolant in my Vibe even after it is driven hard and placed in an enclosed garage. I would suspect that this individual has an undiscovered leak somewhere. Sure the coolant would EVENTUALLY go down but maybe that would take time,so I feel that a good inspection and pressure test is in order.Some of the cars I have owned and I have smelled coolant --guess what-- I always find a small leak where vapors escape even after weeks of looking. But its there. James

BHaebe · Post by **BHaebe** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:43 pm

Thanks for the feedback. I was planning on taking the car to the dealer but I was hoping to have additional info to give the service dept, if other Vibe owners were experiencing similar problems.

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 10:34 pm

The thread Nova listed has a pretty heated debate (pun intended). If it was me, I would have it pressure checked. Being a self proclaimed non-expert, it would give me peace of mind whether they found a problem or not.

gregoire · Post by **gregoire** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:03 am

I have the same smelly problem. also, no loss of fluid or leakage. just odor

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:09 am

my car smells like egg when it's driven hard as well. maybe the guys in the factory eat eggs all the time and drop some now and then in the engine and stuff.

MadBill · Post by **MadBill** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:59 am

If you mean a rotten egg smell; it is from the sulfur in your gas reacting in the converter. Often improves with different fuel brands. (There is at least one old thread on this.)

Casper60 · Post by **Casper60** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:05 am

I had the same thing on 07 Vibe with 12,000 km. Look from under the engine at the bottom of the water pump. If you see a discoloration or wet mark on the bottome of the water pump, it is leaking. You can put dye in the cooling system and pressure test to verify.

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:52 am

This is a 5yr old post BTW... lol..

Wolfman213 · Post by **Wolfman213** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:07 am

seeing how he just joined yesterday and only has two posts, guess he has a lot to learn. My main issues were the search button, I knew where it was but could never get what i wanted lol

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