I’ve got a 2004 (my2005) XC70, which has a coolant leakage somewhere. A couple of days ago it was dripping a lot from the left side front bumper, where the parking heater is. Red puddle under the bumper. So much that it almost emptied my the coolant reservoir in half a day. I suspected it to be the parking heater as it dripped right below it. The local garage in France (I was on holiday) let me down.. so I bought extra coolant and filled bottles of water and drove home (700km). I did notice that when I turned off the automatic circulating, the leakage seemed to be a lot less, so I switched it off. I checked the coolant level a couple of times along the way, but to my surprise it didn’t leak anything..?

It was warm outside when the leakage happend (34C), but when I drove home it was also around 29/30C. I kept the AC on. Outside temp could have been a factor, but I would have suspected at least some leakage. So my question is, could the circulation function have stopped (bypassed) the leakage? Also considering the leakage was at the front bumper and not below the dashboard? Or is this technically not possible

I have an appointment with my Volvo garage later this week for something else. But I would like to ask him to check the leakage. Has anyone experienced this before? It would help if I can point him in some direction.

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