Coolant /water leaking only when warming up car

Asked by Patricia Mar 16, 2017 at 12:59 PM about the 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Hi. My 2007 PT cruiser was leaking coolant put a
new radiator in less than a week ago and when I'm
warming car up I notice a  leak of water and coolant
doesn't happen any other time during day
temperature is good while driving is it normal for it
to leak while warming up in the morning?

2 Answers

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Only if ur overfilling the coolant reservoir and it overflows as it gets hot, coolant expands. Make sure you're only filling it up to the correct level otherwise, check for a leak, it's not normal for it to leak

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Are you by chance over filling the water tank reservoir????, if not try to see if you can (burp) the system of all the air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nThsFGa1vuE

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