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You have a 99 Chevy Malibu you had a coolant leak took it to Chevy garage they said they had to replace the timing cover gaskets you am still losing coolant have you been taken for a ride?
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∙ 12y ago
perhaps the leak is somewhere else. may be you have not been taken for a ride but your mechanic did not follow proper procedures to pinpoint the problem he was more interested in your money and not on finding your problem. you need to run your engine and then '''carefully not to injure your self''' take a look and see for your self where the coolant is leaking from.
my advise, start by looking at your hoses and look at where they connect to. look at the thermostat housing and the heater hoses. also around the engine block look at the freeze plugs.(they may rust and leak)
also you got to watch the water pump on that perticular car, usually its the 3.1 motor that has alot of problems with the water pump and head gasket. my 98 Malibu kept loosing coolent without leaking any, that's when I knew it was the head gasket.
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