my 1992 cadillac sedan deville water comes out as i fill the radiation when car not running

Asked by GuruC311B Mar 13, 2019 at 10:14 AM about the 1992 Cadillac DeVille Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

driving the car, the light came on engine hot to turn car off- I stopped and there is water in the reservoir but none in the radiator, pour water in radiator and came out from under the car as I kept pouring water in radiator

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Find the leak and fix it, radiator--radiator hose--water pump--gasket somewhere-- maybe a heater hose? When the engine is cooling, it pulls a vacuum, that is what pulls coolant from the reservoir. If cooling system isn't sealed, can't pull coolant from reservoir. With a system that has radiator cap, cool engine, always remove cap and check coolant in radiator as well as reservoir. Just my opinion.

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That would indicate a leak in the cooling system. Hopefully just a bad hose but could be something worse. Need to get under the car and locate the source of the leak.

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