loseing coolant

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MOUSEY425
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I have a 1998 chey silverado 5.7 with 125000 miles on it i went to the store on the way back a seen smoke i was 1 block from my home the temp was fine when i tured in the drive the temp shot up it was over heated i let it cool and check the radiator and the overflow they where empty and there was coolant spaed under the truck i put more coolant in the radiator and started the truck and it was leaking from above the transmission driverside is this a hose or freeze plug or what ?
Apr 6, 2007 at 8:30 AM
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MIKE H R
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with it loosing coolant towards the transmission it sound like a bad hose going into the heater core. check the hoses and replace if bad.
Apr 8, 2007 at 9:40 AM
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