DirtyWhiteBoy

Hey, I just wanted to post up my recent quandary.

My dd 99 Cherokee started having a antifreeze smell and loosing a small amount of coolant. I couldn't see any in the oil, externally, nor did the exhaust smell.

When I did a search most threads were lead into head/head gasket/freeze plugs. My cause was different so I thought I would add this here to hopefully another search result.

My issue was the radiator, not a big surprise, but normally in my experience when a radiator fails it is easier to spot. This one was very hard to locate without tearing stuff out of the way for a better view. The pic shows a slight stain near the tank. I never saw a liquid drop of antifreeze, just the moist spot.

My trans lines were also leaking so I changed them too. The new Dorman lines leaked worse than what they replaced. I ordered new oem lines from http://www.factorymoparparts.com. They were $106 delivered but at least they worked.

Gee oh Dee

They make hand pumps that will presurize the cooling system, which will really help narrow doen future leaks that are difficult to find.

I have a bad radiator myself, so I got a CSF 3 core for $168 shipped. Bought it yesterday.

squirrelnw

having this issue now. I smell intifreeze when I turn on the heater. I see nothing on the outside firewall or the drain tube for the heater/ac box. nothin on the inside. no loss of coolant that I notice either. no leaks at hoses, radiator nothin. my jeep is a 2000 xj sport with 126000k on the odometer. just bought it. I see some weepage between head and block for oil but that may have been a prior leak. there is no antifreeze odor to what I found there.... dang. hope it aint the head. how do I know if I have the bad head on this engine or not. where is the number for it.

Hamster

A coolant smell on the inside is usually something to do with the heater core but if your passenger side carpet isn't getting wet, I don't know what else it could be.

91 limited owner

X2 Probaly not a big enough leak yet to wet down the carpet. By pass the heater core, at the valve (which are also known to go bad) And see if it continues.