If you see antifreeze leaking outside, it should not be affecting how the engine runs, but it's more common to have leakage between the coolant and combustion chamber. There is a test for that. I call it the "sniffer" test. It involves drawing air from the radiator through a glass cylinder with two chambers partially filled with a special dark blue liquid. If combustion gases are present in the cooling system, the liquid will turn bright yellow. A cooling system pressure tester can be used to pump the system up to 15 psi to check for external leaks.
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