Antifreeze leaking

Tiny
WILLIAM DOW
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  • 2002 CADILLAC ALLANTE
  • 5.3L
  • V8
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 160,000 MILES
Discovered antifreeze was leaking above my starter is this common problem? It has never overheated but tired of replacing antifreeze.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017 AT 6:47 PM

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Tiny
DANNY L
  • MECHANIC
  • 5,648 POSTS
Hello, I'm Danny.

Without seeing the car in person the leak can be coming from different places around the starter. What we suggest to people is perform a cooling system pressure test. You can perform this with the engine cold and turned off. It is basically a pump that pressurizes the cooling system and you can then look around the engine to see where the leak is coming from. Here is a tutorial showing how to perform this test:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/radiator-pressure-test

Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.
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