# 2002 Dodge Stratus gurgles

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-stratus-gurgles/115702>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dodge, stratus\
**Created:** [April 15, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-stratus-gurgles/115702 "2018-04-15T12:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![garydailey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@garydailey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/garydailey)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-stratus-gurgles/115702/1 "2018-04-15T12:34:11Z")

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coolant gurgles after you turn off car

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-stratus-gurgles/115702/2 "2018-04-15T14:26:03Z")

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Likely you have a head gasket breach.

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-stratus-gurgles/115702/3 "2018-04-15T19:05:49Z")

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The cooling system is not holding pressure, replace the cooling system cap check that the coolant level is full.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-dodge-stratus-gurgles/115702/4 "2018-04-15T23:47:36Z")

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If the radiator is full, and any cooling system work has been done before this started, likely all that’s needed is to ask your shop to bleed the air out of the cooling system. I had a similar thing symptom on my Corolla after I had to remove a heater hose to access another part, and some coolant leaked out. Bleeding the air out was the solution.