{"id":27423,"date":"2015-07-06T22:48:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T03:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=27423"},"modified":"2025-04-06T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T20:10:49","slug":"2008-pontiac-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2015\/07\/2008-pontiac-solstice","title":{"rendered":"2008 Pontiac Solstice reservoir empties in a matter of hours ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Car has about 75k miles; Radiator has been worked on, still the reservoir empties in a matter of hours every 3 to 4 days. Been checked for a leak,; been told no leak; Can you recommend an alternative issue with the car<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The coolant is leaking externally or internally. A pressure test will show signs of an internal leak. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/what-is-compression-test.html\">compression test<\/a>\u00a0may show signs of an internal leak and would confirm a blown head gasket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/blown-head-gasket.html\"><strong>Blown Head Gasket Symptoms<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4lBQu4n\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cooling-system-pressure-testing-kit.jpg\" alt=\"cooling-system-pressure-testing-kit\" width=\"416\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cooling-system-pressure-testing-kit.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cooling-system-pressure-testing-kit-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car has about 75k miles; Radiator has been worked on, still the reservoir empties in a matter of hours every 3 to 4 days. Been checked for a leak,; been told no leak; Can you recommend an alternative issue with the car The coolant is leaking externally or internally. A pressure test will show signs&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2015\/07\/2008-pontiac-solstice\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2008 Pontiac Solstice reservoir empties in a matter of hours ever<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11616,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[10226,10227],"class_list":["post-27423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pontiac","tag-radiator-radiator-fluid-radiator-hose","tag-solstice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2008 Pontiac Solstice reservoir empties in a matter of hours ever - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2015\/07\/2008-pontiac-solstice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2008 Pontiac Solstice reservoir empties in a matter of hours ever\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Car has about 75k miles; Radiator has been worked on, still the reservoir empties in a matter of hours every 3 to 4 days. 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