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    I have an 04 gp and Today at work I noticed a puddle of coolant under my car I drive an hour to work and I just had enough to make it home I know my lim gasket need to be replaced I just wanted to make sure its the lim gaskets causing major loss of coolant or be a rad hose

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    Check the coolant elbows under the alternator and near the lim. They are plastic and crack over time and cause this.
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    thats elbows, or the water pump. car off, grab the w/p pulley with 2 hands, push it on one side, pull the other then back and fourth, if you feel play the wp is bad. under it will be wet too.

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    I replaced the elbows last year with the aluminum ones that picture with the frame theres always a puddle underneath
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