RE: Coolant Smell in the cabin (aWk!)

["Holloway, James (NJAOST)" <jholloway@njaost.ml.com>]

> Couple of days ago I began noticing the faint smell of engine coolant 
> inside my '87 5KCSTQ as I was driving.  I don't see any leaks or 
> liquid anywhere _yet_.
> 
> I can smell it whether the CC is on or off.  Wonder if this is an 
> early warning that my heater core is about to go, or something else ?
> 
> 
	Have coolant levels dropped significantly.  Is there more than
usual ammounts of water vapor in exhaust.  Always the possability of
failing head gasket leaking fluid into the engine.  

	You also could be correct regarding the heater core.  

	If there is alot of fluid missing from coolant system, than it
must have gone somewhere (out the tail pipe).  If only insignificant
amount, likely into the cabin of the car by way of the heater core.
	[Holloway, James (NJAOST)]  


Jim Holloway
NJAOST  Packaging
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