Quote:
Originally Posted by okyoureabeast
Coolant can go one of three places:
1. On the ground
2. Out the tail pipe - bad head gasket
3. Into your transmission - bad radiator
Check your transmission dips tick. If it looks like a milkshake, your transmission will need immediate servicing.
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Trans fluid looks fine, and level is good.
No signs of white smoke from tailpipe.
BUT- after looking at tech tips, I realized that this car has no radiator overflow tank at all! It must have been removed by the previous owner. I guess it must have gotten hot in its past and overflowed, but since there was no tank to catch it, it just all went on the ground. Then when excess would normally get sucked back in when the temp goes down, instead the system got lower and lower.
This is a 1983 240D. I assume that this car came with the overflow tank originally?