My 2006 Kia Spectra is leaking a foamy white substance from the radiator

Asked by Crystal Jul 22, 2020 at 08:40 PM about the 2006 Kia Spectra EX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2006 Kia Spectra ex is leaking white foamy
stuff from the radiator and making a loud
squealing noise what could it be

2 Answers

9,705

The foam in the radiator is where someone has put some kind of stop leak in the coolant instead of fixing it properly. For the squealing, going off just the word squealing, my guess is the belts or a pulley, or a whistling from an opening in the radiator.

3,775

yes, I'd say something similar. The squeak comes most likely from an old belt or pulley area. If you change your belt and you still get a squeak, this means that there is a bearing problem in one of your pulleys off one of the pulley driven devices in the front of the motor area.. just which one is the mind game. If it was my project, I'd deal with the pulleys while i am changing belt ( s). knock out 2 birds with the stone. If the squeak still continues then I know it's more complicated. Good luck

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