Where's my coolant going?

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>     This is also an option I have overlooked.  Though this doesn't explain
> the excessive white smoke issues.  I had my timing belt, tensioner, and all
> belts done when I bought the car, all the belts were 9 years old, but only
> had 17k miles on them.  All the seals were done too, but no ever touched the
> water pump.  My car has reached the 60k mark, 62,5k to be exact.  This is
> the time to think about waserpump isn't it?  Though I don't see any dribbles
> from it?

You won't see the leak if it's small enough and in a hot enough place
for the coolant to evaporate directly from the leak site.

Pressurising the system with a very simple hand pump WHILE COLD is the
only sure way.

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