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Subject:Re: wet carpeting
From:Ron Lussier
Date:Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:06:47 -0800
At 12:40 PM 12/4/97 -0800, Sam Scholten wrote:
>The way to know for sure is to smell. As antifreeze heats up, it has a
>sweet smell. If your heater core had a leak, I'm sure a sweet vapor
>smell wafting into the cabin would be readily apparent.

Don't lick though!  Antifreeze is VERY toxic.  Pets often die after
licking pools of antifreeze under leaking cars.  (It tastes sweet, too.)

Coyote
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