# Where is antifreeze leaking from!?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-antifreeze-leaking-from/105873>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** towncar, lincoln\
**Created:** [July 14, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-antifreeze-leaking-from/105873 "2017-07-14T18:21:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AllenR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@AllenR](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AllenR)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-antifreeze-leaking-from/105873/1 "2017-07-14T18:21:38Z")

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Car is leaking antifreeze. I did check all visible hoses for punctures, etc.I also checked the radiator and it looks good. Leak is coming from side/back of engine … Can’t see where exactly its leaking from. Seems to be leaking from somewhere above the drips, and not at the drips themselves.

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**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-antifreeze-leaking-from/105873/2 "2017-07-14T18:24:51Z")

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Check heater core & heater hose’s.

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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:** [July 14, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-antifreeze-leaking-from/105873/3 "2017-07-14T18:28:12Z")

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One place to check is the back of the intake manifold.

Tester

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-antifreeze-leaking-from/105873/4 "2017-07-15T04:16:01Z")

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Didn’t these cars have plastic intake manifolds that cracked and leaked coolant?

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-antifreeze-leaking-from/105873/5 "2017-07-15T04:29:30Z")

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If you check all those places and still can’t find it, go to the auto parts store and get yourself some UV coolant dye and a UV flash light. Shouldn’t cost you more than 20 bucks. Dump the dye in, run it for awhile, then turn all the lights off in your garage and poke around with the light until you see the glow.