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Old Feb 12, 2017 | 11:10 AM
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I had to have the radiator support bracket replaced, I noticed after driving the car for more than a few miles there's a small trail of anti freeze coming from I think the filler area? I don't see any moisture around the filler area but after a few hundred mile drive yesterday there's a trail of antifreeze on the garage floor and the levels in the filler are down.......
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I had to have the radiator support bracket replaced, I noticed after driving the car for more than a few miles there's a small trail of anti freeze coming from I think the filler area? I don't see any moisture around the filler area but after a few hundred mile drive yesterday there's a trail of antifreeze on the garage floor and the levels in the filler are down.......
I think that you answered your own question. You do have a leak.
Now, you have to try to see where it is coming from.
Check all your hose connections (on the radiator, block, overflow tank) to make sure they are tight.
If they are all tight, then perhaps it's your radiator body plastic that has a crack in it.

Good luck
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Originally Posted by HMannini
I had to have the radiator support bracket replaced, I noticed after driving the car for more than a few miles there's a small trail of anti freeze coming from I think the filler area? I don't see any moisture around the filler area but after a few hundred mile drive yesterday there's a trail of antifreeze on the garage floor and the levels in the filler are down.......
The top three sources of coolant leaks: 1) water pump, 2) the joint between the radiator's plastic end tank and the aluminum core, and 3) the T-shaped hose on the top of the radiator.

If it's way out on the left side, it's probably the end tank. Sometimes the tanks spring a leak just from tugging on the hoses.
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