Journeyswrath Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I have a 2011 with the 3.6l, and my wife noticed the smell of hot coolant on the way home the other day. When I popped the hood I could see coolant that had spilled out of the reservoir in the engine bay and coolant still in the reservoir bubbling. The next day I kept the journey home, refilled the reservoir which was empty and try to replicate the issue. I kept it at about 2rpms until the coolant temp reached just over 220 and checked the reservoir. The reservoir had coolant bubbling inside and coolant spilling out of the overflow drain on the tank. So my thought was maybe a blown head gasket but my oil is clean (no white film) and the car runs fine with no check engine light or white smoke coming out of tailpipe. So any ideas or similar experiences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryl Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Sticking thermostat? 2late4u and OhareFred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monday-Sucks Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Same thing happened to me. I have an 09. for about 6 months smelled coolant. Well the Head Gasket just blew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo831 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 bubbling in your coolant reservoir usually is a blown head gasket. Exhaust gasses are entering your cooling system causing it to overheat. Expensive repair if it's your gasket you'll have to do a compression test to confirm this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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