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Originally Posted by kkrover
no, my mechanic has been great. Bought the car and had the small 1" peice of hose above the valley burst. Stealership replaced it and allowed for me to have all the hoses replaced and the cooling system checked by my mechanic. It also came with aftermarket red heater hoses that didn;t lay flat and was told that caused the air. They replaced all coolant and heater hoses and pressure test and car is fine. One week later bubbles are back and it was the cap was leaking. Replace dit and fine for another week. Then had the 60k service and they said it was ok. One week later bubbles come back and have remained, and I get the faint smell of coolant.
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Oh, okay, that was helpful.
Still sounds like you could be developing a head gasket problem since you've had it in for service but now its steady. Mine was shot when i bought it, and i had air bubbles and occasionlly it would build up enough to overflow the expansion tank onto the ground. Do this - start your engine from cold, take the cap off the expansion tank and watch for bubbles. There won't neccessarily be a constant flow but rather an regular "burp". If you see any, i can promise you that you have a headgasket problem. Take it back to your mechanic and have them do the test to confirm.
