Massive loss of coolant

[sanji]

hello people,

my car is experiencing massive loss of coolant somewhere in the engine bay, its not the hoses, checked that, its not the radiator, there are small puddles on the floor beneath the engine. the coolant tank is completely empty after like 20-30 mins of driving. the temperature gauge reads normal. has anyone of you people out there had a problem like this? need advice.

thanks
sanji

[kansas-ix]

water pump.

[BMW BMXER]

Run the car when parked and look to see if it leaks coolant from the middle ish area of the car, behind the rad. If it does its your water pump as stated above.

[e30Matt]

My 325ia did that when the water pump went. Boy did it ever.

[nickmp0wer]

shit i have the same problem. It definatly seems like its comming from the radior tho, but but it seems dry im pissed cause i just put $40 of bmw coolant in it and i willl probably have to take it apart again.

[Jand3rson]

i just put $40 of bmw coolant in it

WHY????

[nickmp0wer]

cause its better then otheres and doenst have phosphate

i just went and looked and its definaly not the water pump. This weekend i will have to try to get a mirror or something and see if i can tell where its leaking

[tonytony]

I had radiator coolant leakage a while ago and it was because the gasket on the throttle body plate disinigrated. I went to kuni bmw and got a new gasket for about 2bucks, fixed the problem right up.