[chi2410]

2006 BMW 330xi smell a coolant in few days start draping the coolant on the bottom of the radiator in a little blue valve in the corner, i don't see any bad hose and everything else was dry so i did the bleeding process, it done so i drive the car for 5 to 10 miles and was ok the draping coolant stop even driving with the air conditioner but when i did the bleed i see the coolant moving but i don't hear the water pumpand sometimes still smell the coolant a little so i don't know if the water pump is starting going bad is not working 100% how do i know why the draping coolant and the smell, the warning light is not ON is not warning overheated light but the engine look like is running feel very hot.
The fan spining normal.

[chi2410]

After few days i keep driving my car to go a work and is not warning on the dashboard but still smell a coolant and in a begining i remove the under the car covers and i clean everything all the hoses was dry so i don't know why that smell first time this is happend sonebody knows about this kind of issues on BMW?

[sirdaft1]

[chi2410]

Ok i going to fix the grammar issue.

[Volasko]

Originally Posted by chi2410

Why bad time, can you explain, something wrong on my car.

Because trying to read your description is difficult (and I'm being VERY nice here) due to the poor grammar. He was just poking fun of it with a MEME.

I honestly tried to add some helpful, but trying to figure out what you are actually saying is giving me a headache.

[sirdaft1]

OP I'm going to take a longshot and ask... is your air conditioning on? That will cause fluid/condensation to drip from your car and is completely normal.

I may also recommend working on your spelling and grammar if you would like help from other users on the forum. Your post was one giant run-on sentence w/ poor spelling that was nearly impossible to understand.

[chi2410]

Driving the car i could feel the smell of antifreeze, the next day morning i see the warning light of low coolant, i add coolant to the reservoir, when i get to work i could see the car was throwing coolant by the bottom of the radiator on the valve in the corner, all hoses were dry, i proceeded to bleed the cooling system, after bleeding i drive for about 5 to 8 miles, the throwing coolant stop and everything is dry and clean, the fan spins at regular speed. The question is everytime i use the car still has the smell of antifreeze. Sorry for the grammar.

[chi2410]

I know SIRDAF i did a better job now, i belive. I know what you mean, is not the condensation it was throwing the coolant by the bottom of the radiator.
The smell drive me crazy.

[critical05]

The little blue valve you mention is a drain plug for the radiator.

Is it tight? Have you over torqued it and broke the tabs off? Did you remove it and damage the o-ring?

[hassmaschine]

the drain plugs are easy to crack if you overtighten them. You should tighten them with a stubby screwdriver to limit the amount of leverage, but since it has a hex head people will use a socket.. bad idea.

if the head is sheared off, an easy way to get it out is to heat up a flat bed screwdriver with a torch, stab it into the stub of the drain plug and then unscrew it carefully. a new plug was around $5 last time I replaced one.

[chi2410]

Ok thanks guys , the drain plug is tight already/ i going to keep driving to see what happend in few days THANKS.

[chi2410]

I still use the car every day, no warning overheated, everything is normal, but still the smell of antifreeze.

I have enough, i will continue using until ssomething goes wrong.