Q: Coolant drained from overflow tank, radiator still full but has went down a bit
I noticed a puddle of coolant on the ground coming from the front center, it looks to be leaking from underneath the big pulley on the bottom, the thing is that the radiator is still full, it had drained a small amount but the overflow tank is completely empty. I can't really see where the leak is coming from. Any help would be great! Thanks
My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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