Coolant Smell - 96 Disco

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Author Message   Jose A Cabrera (Jcabrera) Member Username: Jcabrera Post Number: 152 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 01:06 pm:    I have recently started smelling coolant thru the vents (while fan on, no A/C, just fan), and when to a stop. I have had overheating problems when running A/C, still unsolved. I am checking the coolant level and it need refiling at least every two weeks. There are "not" noticeable coolant leak, I have looked under the car, parking spot and nothing. Any suggestions?   gp (Garrett) Senior Member Username: Garrett Post Number: 2347 Registered: 10-2001 Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 02:00 pm:    look on the top of the motor and towards the rear of it to see it any is pooling and burning off. check under the truck to and see if any is running down on the exhaust and burning off. it will leave a white residue if so.   Ron Johnson (Chauner) Member Username: Chauner Post Number: 66 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 09:28 pm:    I just noticied the same problem on my 98', what is the cause of the leak?   Ed Hsu (Edhsu) New Member Username: Edhsu Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 12:33 am:    I have a 96 and experienced the same thing. The cause of that is a leak in the intake manifold gasket. You need to replace the gasket or just keep on adding the coolant. You can also try to retorque the screws at each end.