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Originally Posted by pianoporsche
Since I did not see any wetness on the carpet in the trunk I figured that the coolant tank was not leaking. (I assumed that the carpet sat on the metal floor of the trunk.)
I did a little more digging and realized that there is a particle board sub-floor in the trunk. I removed the carpet and looked at that and saw that it was all swollen with- presumably- coolant.
See this picture of the particle board sub-floor that sits in the right hand (passenger) side of the trunk. It is swollen in many places.
The piece on the left is the left particle board sub-floor that sits in the left hand side of the trunk. Not swollen. The main particle board sub-floor (not shown) was not affected.
So, yes I guess my coolant tank is leaking.
I will not go ahead and replace it.
I am also going to change the oil and plugs to make sure the coolant isn't leaking from the engine block just to be sure.
Thank you for all your help. |
Yep that's why I said take out the sub floor and take it down to the metal trunk floor.
For sure and issue with the tank. Time to replace it.
Some people struggle with replacing the tank.
I didn't find it that big of a deal.
I removed the suspension triangle and went at the hoses from below.
There is lots of info on replacing it here on the forum.
Just use the search feature.