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Old 09-03-2021, 07:10 PM   #1
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A coolant leak would not be caused by a vacuum leak. A part which contains coolant is faulty, most likely the valve #12. It's not an uncommon fault these days.

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Old 09-04-2021, 05:27 PM   #2
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A coolant leak would not be caused by a vacuum leak. A part which contains coolant is faulty, most likely the valve #12. It's not an uncommon fault these days.



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Just throwing this out there...

Is any leak asociated with the vacum associated with the coolant valve that sits upon the top of the Tip?
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Old 09-05-2021, 07:43 AM   #4
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Just throwing this out there...

Is any leak asociated with the vacum associated with the coolant valve that sits upon the top of the Tip?
The vacuum opens and closes the valve based on electrical input to the change over valve. It's been a while since I had the valve in hand, but if I remember right, the valve is open (flowing coolant) by default and is closed by vacuum. It could be the other way around. The point is that the vacuum just opens and closes the valve (928.574.573.03) and any coolant leaking would not be from the vacuum system, but from coolant flowing through the transmission heat exchange system.

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