If you are getting white smoke coming from your exhaust pipe, it means water is getting into the engine block and mixing with the engine oil. Leaks do have a tendency to get worse over time though. You can usually ‘get away with it’ for a while, providing that you keep checking coolant levels and top up when necessary. The result of this is that any weak areas of the coolant system may start to leak water.Ī leak can be either internal, such as a leaky gasket, or external, such as a hose failure or crack in the radiator, water pump etc. The hotter the coolant gets, the more it expands and the more the coolant system comes under pressure. In general, the coolant system is a sealed unit and when working properly, should rarely need topping up with coolant (50% antifreeze and 50% water).Īs you drive faster, the engine gets hotter and as the engine gets hotter, so does the coolant. When you say you add 1/4 liter of coolant when driving over a long distance, how far is a long distance?
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