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    Quote Originally Posted by Amnesia View Post
    Definitely check under the intake with a flashlight like Ldub says.

    I had a mystery leak too. Nothing was ever on the ground... There are a couple of metal pipes (heater tubes) that are routed beneath the intake. One plugs into the back of the thermostat housing and the other one plugs into the back of the water manifold "log". They each have a small o-ring on them that dries out over time and starts to leak. The valley under the intake makes a great bucket to catch this leakage. Then when you drive away it sloshes out, but in my case - didn't leak a bit (on the ground) when I was parked.

    Give it a look & good luck!
    That's what i had with my VX when i mistakenly left the radiator cap loose and my coolant spilled out and cause my engine to overheat for few minutes.

    Found cooloant under the intake,the ring was busted
    Dakar was just the begining.

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    Hey, sometime the water pump can leak a bit where the breather hole is for a while and you may not notice it for a while except when checking your fluid level. If it increases you'll see 'green stuff' (or redish stuff ) on the ground.
    If you're losing a good amount and can't find it....Geeeez, you probably have an internal leak like head gasket and it's being blown out your exhaust.
    You could do a cooling system 'pressure check' too and see if the pressure drops significantly which will tell you, yup, you got a problem. Pressure gauges are cheap and good to have around for stuff like this. There are lots of kits out there.

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