Viper losing coolant

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viper17

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My 03 SXViper is losing coolant and I'm not sure why. I rode all day saturday without any problems and then went riding sunday and about 15 minutes iin warning light came on and she got really hot. There wasn't any coolant in the reservoir but I'm not sure where its leaking. I was wondering if someone else has had similar problems and where I should look, thanks
 
Probably the water pump seal...its a pretty common problem. Search this topic and you'll find tons of posts on it including how to fix.
 
Would I see it leaking out on the trailer. It sat over night and there wasn't any thing dripping from the sled. I was told I might be leaking it into the cylinder which would just burn up and I wouldn't see it.
 
viper17 said:
Would I see it leaking out on the trailer. It sat over night and there wasn't any thing dripping from the sled. I was told I might be leaking it into the cylinder which would just burn up and I wouldn't see it.
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You should smell it if that is the case. It smells sweet when burned/combusted. Take a close look at you heat exchangers under the running boards, I have seen an instance that the exchanger was leaking and it looked like run off water dripping. T
 
I ride with a guy who has an 02 and he said that his leaked under the running boards and he just added some of that radiator stop leak stuff and hasn't had a problem yet. Is that stuff really safe to run through my sled?
 
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