# Car smoking

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-smoking/129418>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 23, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-smoking/129418 "2018-11-23T20:28:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Taneshia\_Butler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Taneshia\_Butler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Taneshia_Butler)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-smoking/129418/1 "2018-11-23T20:28:44Z")

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My ford. Explorer 2000 is spraying coolant onto the motor once the car is driven for about 5 minutes. It’s only by the motor. On the passenger side under the air intake. No coolant leaking on the ground or anywhere else.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-smoking/129418/2 "2018-11-23T21:00:21Z")

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You have a rather large leak. It needs to be fixed right away or it will destroy your engine by overheating. The leak could be many places. Without seeing it, impossible to pinpoint.

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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:** [November 23, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-smoking/129418/3 "2018-11-23T21:12:35Z")

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The first thing I would check is the heater hoses. One may have sprung a leak…  
If it is a hose, replace both as the other is just as old,

Yosemite