Noticed antifreeze leak
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I know exactly where to start looking
Take out your muffler. Look at all the hose clamps on thaqt side.
There is one right behind the front bare aluminum strut that is hard to tighten (It is right behind the strut). That is one that was very loose from the factory. You will see what I mean when you get in there.
the rest of the clamps need to be tightened as well, but especially the one mentioned above.
Be careful to take off the muffler gasket.
Treat it very gently. Scrape it off with a putty knife very slowly and be careful not to rip it.
I would bet a lot of money that one of those hose clamps are loose......
Take out your muffler. Look at all the hose clamps on thaqt side.
There is one right behind the front bare aluminum strut that is hard to tighten (It is right behind the strut). That is one that was very loose from the factory. You will see what I mean when you get in there.
the rest of the clamps need to be tightened as well, but especially the one mentioned above.
Be careful to take off the muffler gasket.
Treat it very gently. Scrape it off with a putty knife very slowly and be careful not to rip it.
I would bet a lot of money that one of those hose clamps are loose......
I had the same problem after about 60 miles. I thought it was just coming out of the overflow. Turns out that there is a line that runs right along the belly pan right in front of the primary clutch. The plastic edge of the belly pan is sharp as a knife running right along side the hose. The plastic cut a slit in my coolant line. I ended up having to tow my sled out of my third ride because the leak just kept getting worse.
i have had to replace a couple of coolant res for leaking. if u have a coolant leakdown tester then it shouldn't be hard to find.
On our hcr both clamps on either side of the res were loose, and the one from the res to the water pump was also loose.