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Posted on Aug 26, 2017

Leak on a hose, and smoke, smells like antifreeze

My TL recently started getting hot and smoking. The smoke comes thru on the vents in the cabin. Kinda smells like Anti-Freeze burning. The hose that the smoke comes out of is on the left back side of the motor(when facing front grille of the car) I am unsure what hose this is and now my car is having problems starting. Kinda like the battery is dead but it is not???Please help.

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    mfrenchboi Jul 09, 2012

    The car has 189000+ miles, and I filled up the radiator reservoir on Friday now it is Monday and it needs more. The Radiator and the main hose is full of anti freeze. I refilled with 50/50 antifreeze. I know the power steering pressure hose has a leak as well, unsure if they are related though.

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This is usually associated with a leak in the heater core. Only proper solution is to replace the heater core. Suggest getting a service manual from local automotive parts store if you want to do it yourself. Usually lots of hidden screws that the book will give you the correct procedure to follow. Or pay someone else to do the repair. Repair manuals usually run less than $40.

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SOURCE: Car overheating

if ur antifreeze keeps showing low or none , there is a leak in the system. check for leaks in the radiator or in the colling systems piping.

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The best parts diagrams are found at RealOEM.com
Burning smell in the cabin is usually caused by a leaking valve cover gasket. Oil seeps down from the valve cover onto the exhaust manifold where it burns. Smoke gets drawn into the cabin air intake due to the shape of the car and the air pressure differential between the engine compartment and the heater air plenum.
This will slowly get worse, and breathing that synthetic oil smoke, even at a few parts per million concentration, is probably not good for your kids (if any), so you should get this taken care of.
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This is strongly indicative of either a failed cabin heater core or to the coolant lines servicing it, causing a leak. The smoke would therefore be steam. There is no other possible way for antifreeze to get into the vents.

If the smoke really is smoke though and the smell is burning plastic then disconnect the battery negative terminal and get an auto-electrician in to check the situation, as you're at risk of a fire.

To fix the heater is a really labour intensive and fiddly job as virtually the whole dash and crash pad has to come out. If it's an electrical issue then there may be a relatively simple fix, or if the heater blower motor needs replacement then it's almost as major as for replacing the heater core. If you're looking at a professional repair of that magnitude it will likely not make economic sense: depending on the climate they live in some owners just have the heater core permanently disconnected by fitting a bypass to the supply pipes under the hood.

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