2012 Ford Focus, 155K miles, it is leaking a decent amount of coolant when my partner drives it to work but doesn’t even leak a drop if I drive it to work. The mileage is the same but I don’t sit in traffic. Could the extra heat from sitting in traffic be opening up a pinhole sized leak in the coolant line?

Edit: Thanks to a tip from the comments when the heat is turned on it leaks. I should be able to bypass that line pretty easy.

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  • @Mr_Smiley
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    51 year ago

    I’m afraid that your partner has a coolant addiction and you need to get them checked into rehab.

    On a serious note, perhaps sitting in traffic is causing the temp to increase and causing a leak. This would make me think perhaps the radiator fan isn’t working properly?

    • @YoBuckStopsHereOP
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      11 year ago

      The fan comes on, we are in Colorado so we have thinner air.