# Driving a car with little or no coolant

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-a-car-with-little-or-no-coolant/42200>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** jaguar, xj8\
**Created:** [January 10, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-a-car-with-little-or-no-coolant/42200 "2010-01-10T14:06:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rbanister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e57/32.png) [@rbanister](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rbanister)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-a-car-with-little-or-no-coolant/42200/1 "2010-01-10T14:06:08Z")

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My Jaguar is leaking coolant–in fact when you pour in new coolant it leaks out at what I believe is the water pump. Can I drive it out of the garage so that I can have it towed to the dealer? It would be about 50 feet is how far I would have to drive.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-a-car-with-little-or-no-coolant/42200/2 "2010-01-10T14:09:48Z")

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Sure you can. That 50 feet won’t be enough for the engine to get hot.

Tester

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-a-car-with-little-or-no-coolant/42200/3 "2010-01-10T17:00:28Z")

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Yes, it’s safe to back the car out of the garage with little or no coolant in the system. You won’t damage anything.

Just don’t plan to drive it any further than the end of the driveway.