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Car drained all coolant when engine shut off

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TSI_AWD_FTW

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Nov 11, 2010
Shawnee, Oklahoma
I went for a short drive today just to do a few pulls. I did a second gear, and a third gear pull. Everything was alright while doing so, engine temp was normal and was driving perfectly fine. When I got back home I parked, and as soon as I turned my car off all of my engine coolant drained out. I'm not sure where from but looked like it was close to the front of the block. After all of it drained it was making a hissing noise by the thermostat housing. This is a freshly built engine with 115 miles on it. After the car cooled down I refilled it back up with coolant and started. Let it idle ran great with no problems, shut it off and nothing happens still has all the coolant I put into it. Any ideas of what could have happened?
 
Check all your hose clamps. the hot coolant was expanded at shut down and push out at a weak point.

The refill was not as hot, so it did not push.
 
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