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ARMD

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1998 FORD EXPLORER
6 CYL
AUTOMATIC
176,000 MILES

Smell a faint anitfreeze smell when I get out of the car. Heater is working fine. Something leaking on the ground underneath- kinda brown-ish but maybe not oil.

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 AT 2:18 AM

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FORD MAN

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Ya need to figure out which area (front, driverside, rear, etc.) Leak puddle is at. This could be several things, but I couldn't give a decent guess without that info ! As for brownish. Ya ever have the coolent flushed & new installed? Sounds like ya got lotsa rust mixed in with your coolent. Do you have a creamish colored foam on your oil cap?

Ford Man in Michigan

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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 AT 3:09 AM

JACOBANDNICKOLAS

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Coolant can get brownish over the years. Place a piece of cardboard under the vehicle to identify the aprox location of the leak. It could be a hose, freeze plug, head gasket. If you can't locate the leak, they sell a dye you can add to the cooling system to help identify where the leak is coming from.

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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 AT 10:49 PM