Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Fix oil leak or antifreeze leak first?

i have two leaks in my car, a small oil leak and a rather large antifreeze leak. The oil leak is one that could be temporarily maintained by adding a little oil every few weeks or so because its really not much of a leak at all, but will need to be addressed at some point. The antifreeze leak is somewhat major, to the point where i could fill up a half gallon bucket in an hour. Knowing that both these jobs are gonna cost hundreds to fix, and i dont have the money right now to do both, which should get the higher priority?Fix oil leak or antifreeze leak first?
You really do need to find out where your coolant is going. With any luck, it isn't going into the engine oil. It's usually a bad water pump, which can be a do-it-yourself job and isn't all that expensive. If you're lucky, it's a hose--that's even easier. Have you even TRIED to find out where it's draining from?Fix oil leak or antifreeze leak first?
Antifreeze -- absolutely! As someone else said, it could be a hose, which is relatively inexpensive and something you probably can change yourself even if you are inexperienced.





You can drive a car with a small oil leak for scores of miles simply by keeping check on the oil level.
Antifreeze leak. Where is the leak? If it is in the heat core, you can bypass the heater core.
The anti-freeze leak has more potential to cause harm than the oil leak, and more potential to leave you stranded somewhere....





Fix it first...
Fix coolant leak first. Too much danger of running out of water and over heating the engine to put it off.
Definitely the anti-freeze coolant leak.
antifreeze leak it sounds the worst

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