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tracerit · 09-30-2016, 12:58 PM

I had my timing cover resealed 1 week ago (for the second time) and when I drove the car home, I noticed they topped off my coolant and it was maybe an inch above FULL. Figured they topped it off when the car was cool.

However I haven't checked it since and today I noticed after my 20 mile drive home from work that I can't even see any coolant, it's way below LOW. I have no low coolant light or any symptoms of low coolant. I will top it off later in the day and drive it to work again tonight, but I'm wondering if that's a good idea at all...

Since I'm not seeing any puddles underneath the car and nothing in the engine bay or on the floor pan cover, I'm concerned it's an internal leak which would be possible considering the front timing cover was resealed recently. Prior to the reseal, the coolant settled right below FULL for a few months. But now I went from above FULL to not seeing any coolant at all in the reservoir. I've driven maybe 100 miles since the reseal.

09-30-2016, 12:58 PM	#1
tracerit Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: '13 SSM BRZ Limited 6MT Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 593 Thanked 198 Times in 137 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Timing cover resealed 1 week ago, coolant disappearing I had my timing cover resealed 1 week ago (for the second time) and when I drove the car home, I noticed they topped off my coolant and it was maybe an inch above FULL. Figured they topped it off when the car was cool. However I haven't checked it since and today I noticed after my 20 mile drive home from work that I can't even see any coolant, it's way below LOW. I have no low coolant light or any symptoms of low coolant. I will top it off later in the day and drive it to work again tonight, but I'm wondering if that's a good idea at all... Since I'm not seeing any puddles underneath the car and nothing in the engine bay or on the floor pan cover, I'm concerned it's an internal leak which would be possible considering the front timing cover was resealed recently. Prior to the reseal, the coolant settled right below FULL for a few months. But now I went from above FULL to not seeing any coolant at all in the reservoir. I've driven maybe 100 miles since the reseal.