The last time I posted about something coolant related it ended up being a coolant hose that had a huge crack in it. Now I have two questions, before hand I noticed that there was coolant (still happening) laying on top of my fan cover. At first I thought it was my radiator cap needing replaced, which I did, but it's still doing it.

Now I'm hearing a grinding sound coming from that same vicinity. The car doesn't run any different, but the sound is pronounced. I'm probably going to take the car to a shop but hopefully I can get it figured out through here, research and on my own before I pony up the big bucks to have it fixed by a shop.

Is it possible a grinding type sound would be coming from something radiator or fan related? You all ever heard of that?

Here's a pic of the coolant sitting on top of my fan shroud in case that helps.

Thanks again for all of your help

 

Cooling fan could be grinding, but....the fan doesnt (shouldn't) always run.

That's a significant amount of coolant. Is there a tear in the line that goes from the filler neck to the overflow?

The radiator you have looks a little...cheap. maybe it developmed a crack in one of the tubes?

 

I have seen the radiator crack at the plastic causing a puddle similar to this. the grinding noise could very well be something in the fan, but like bserious stated, the fan should not run all the time.

 

I appreciate the responses fellas, the radiator does look cheap haha, but unfortunately for me I bought it that way. As for the grinding, I did some more searching and ended up finding out that it was the transmission that's making all of the noise : (