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Coolant Leak

Tiny
STEVIERAE65
  • MEMBER
  • 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 157,000 MILES
I noticed a little spray of water on my front wind shield.A few miles later my car was overheating and steam was coming out from under the hood. What happened?
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 AT 11:09 PM

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Tiny
KASEKENNY
  • MECHANIC
  • 18,907 POSTS
Sounds like you have a coolant leak that is most likely coming from a hose. The way to find this is to pressurize the system and inspect for leaks.

Here is a guide that will help with doing this:

https://youtu.be/W8kra65m15c

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-is-leaking-coolant

More than likely this is an issue with a radiator hose or the radiator itself. This guide will help with step by step instructions on how to replace them:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/replace-radiator-hoses

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-car-radiator

Below you will find the process from the manual that will help with replacing this. Please let us know if you have questions on this. Thanks
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