Coolant smell

Asked by 2017VWRLINE Feb 22, 2019 at 12:35 AM about the 2017 Volkswagen Passat R-Line

Question type: General

I own a 2017 VW passat with less than 19k on the clock.  Most of the time I
smell coolant.  I took it to the dealer to have it checked out and they ran a
pressure teat on the system and found no issue.  The car doesn't run hot and
I don't smell coolant in the cabin.  Only when I roll down the window at the
drive thru I can catch a wiff of it or when I part in my garage.  I see no coolant
on the garage floor is this normal?

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how did they perform the test? did they connect pressure at the filler cap? If they did they could have missed a faulty (leaking) cap. and of course, is the coolant level correct and not to high.

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