Anyone notice antifreeze smell when parked?

[Truck21]

I often smell antifreeze when I park my jeep in the garage. If I smell around the grill area it seems strong. I have no leaks and my antifreeze level has not dropped. It may be normal but thought I would ask. Thanks

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[Acano363]

I’m keen to the smell of antifreeze on cars as I’m walking by a parking lot or it’s one of my own vehicles. I don’t have it on mine. I would take it in for a cooling system test.

 

[Raven65]

If you can smell antifreeze, there's a leak somewhere. It only takes a very small one to be able to smell it. I'd get it checked out before it gets bigger.

 

[jay21mojave]

JK's on their forum reported something similar; very small pinhole in radiator .. burns off before drip out.. should be on passenger side behind the shroud .. you will see the baked coolant on the fins.

 

[Camaroboi13]

On my 3.6 WK2 I went through 3 water pumps in 48k miles. A week after the third one went in I took it to the dealership and bought a diesel Gladiator. I could smell it in the engine bay but couldn't track it down. Finally I was able to see crystalized antifreeze caked on the bottom of the water pump. I couldn't see anything wet, but once I knew where it was coming from it was pretty easy to find. Just a very small leak, I don't think I ever topped off my coolant unless the dealership did it during oil changes and didn't tell me.

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