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Hey are there some things to look out for, in order to tell if your radiator is pooping out on you or its calling for maint.?

when i drive I smell something burning, not sure if its radiator or something else.

 
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what does the smell, smell like?

A radiator needs maintanence when it gets clogged and the engine overheats or the fluid inside has a low boiling point and a high freezing point and isnt holding heat. Or it is leaking.

 
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i guess kinda like plastic or something. someone pointed out to me that my radiator has burn marks and was recommneded to be repalced.

I ran over a plastic bag the other day, I'm thinking that maybe it got stuck and that's what's buring. Possible??

Probably I will go have it looked at tomorrow for service. Maybe that wil help.

 
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Well If you ran over a bag and it smells like burning plastic, more then likely the bag got stuck to your exhaust pipe. I used to see that all the time when I worked at mercedes. Usually what they did was tear what they could off, then use a sander to sand the rest off. Otherwise, get as much as you can off and let the rest burn off on its own.

No need to take it in, just look underneath and see if the bag is stuck to the exhaust. If it is, follow what I recommended.

 
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In looked and ther seems to be little remains of the bag on the piping. But my car still smokes under the hoodish.

 
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eve a little bit of a bag will smell for a long time, it also maybe wrapped around ur exhasut as well.

 
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If you were leaking coolant; you would smell a sweet smell

 
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don't see any leaking. I'm getting it looked at on Thurs. We'll see i guess

 
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where does the smoke come from under the hood?

 
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everything turned out fine. seems to be the bag on the exhaust that seems to be still burning off. thanks everyone for there help. This can be CLOSED NOW I GUESS.