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Mark42 · 11-12-2009, 12:00 PM

Sometimes I smell antifreeze after the car is shut off, or shut off then started a few minutes later. Car only has 31K miles on it so its still nice and clean under the hood but I can't find any leaks. No drips on the garage floor either. This morning I checked the antifreeze level after the car sat all night and it was way over top of the scale! Up the skinny part of the plastic dip stick! So I siphoned off about 3/4 gallon from the tank, and ended up putting back about 1/3 gallon to fill the tank to the "full cold" level.

I guess the service tech just overfilled the tank when he checked it last. At least it was the orange colored antifreeze, and it is crystal clear.

Think being overfilled has anything to do with the odor?

11-12-2009, 12:00 PM	#1
Mark42 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 443 iTrader: (0)	Sometimes I smell anti freeze. Sometimes I smell antifreeze after the car is shut off, or shut off then started a few minutes later. Car only has 31K miles on it so its still nice and clean under the hood but I can't find any leaks. No drips on the garage floor either. This morning I checked the antifreeze level after the car sat all night and it was way over top of the scale! Up the skinny part of the plastic dip stick! So I siphoned off about 3/4 gallon from the tank, and ended up putting back about 1/3 gallon to fill the tank to the "full cold" level. I guess the service tech just overfilled the tank when he checked it last. At least it was the orange colored antifreeze, and it is crystal clear. Think being overfilled has anything to do with the odor?