Coolant leak

Tiny
LUKING4AMIRAKL
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  • 2006 DODGE CARAVAN
  • 3.3L
  • V6
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 180,000 MILES
Filled my radiator with antifreeze let the car warm up turned on the heater and heater blows hot as it should. Drive the car for about a quarter of a mile and it blows out cold. Temperature gauge does it change. Look into radiator antifreeze is very low reservoir is full please. Help me
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 AT 3:54 PM

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Tiny
HARRY P
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  • 2,292 POSTS
Sounds like your car has a serious coolant leak somewhere. Borrow a cooling system pressure tester from AutoZone and hook it up to the radiator. Pump up the pressure to 15 psi and see where the leak is. Take pictures and post them here. We will go from there.

Here's a more in-depth guide: https://www.2carpros.com/articles/radiator-pressure-test
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 AT 7:43 PM

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