Ram 1500 coolant smell

[INVISBLE]

Almost 5 years down the road and I still have the smell. I think its a vent hose connected to the overflow bottle that is outgasing the smell but which is obviously not causing any detectable amount of coolant loss.

 

[Arrowv]

My issue turned out to be the cracked headers! They replaced both under warranty and the smell is completely gone. Woo woo!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Code2medic]

I have noticed a smell of coolant for awhile and checked and checked for leaks etc nothing was a mystery. Haven’t had issues with over heating or anything.

Food for thought I left work today and decided to check my coolant level since the truck was parked all day. I want to see what the res had in it. It was a tad low but nothing to think twice about. The truck was running while I used my sniffer to try and pin point where it was the strongest when I caught the flash of a drop inside the engine bay.

Small drop like a slow very slow water faucet drip……………. The drip……….. drip hidden on the under side of the pully area of the water pump. Took it over to a mechanic friends and he needed a mirror to see where it was dripping from…..

Hope that helps anyone and where to take a look. He replaced the water pump and no more smells…..or slow slow drip.

116,000 miles that’s it I’m shocked