How can you tell where your radiator is leaking from?

Question

i have a 1998 jeep grand cherokee laredo 4.0. i noticed today that when i turned off my engine i heard a gurgling sound. so i checked under the hood and saw that my water was a little low and it was bubbling. i then noticed that there was something leaking at the front of my car. it only gets bad when my car is off. i cant tell where the leak is coming from. it looks like its coming out of the bottom of something but i cant tell if there is a hose that is leaking. my car stopped running hot when i added some water, but i dont know what needs to be replaced the whole radiator or if i need to have all of the hoses checked

Answer 1

Take it to a shop and have it pressure checked and they will know what to replace.

Answer 2

Pressure test the cooling system, you'll see where it's leaking.

Answer 3

you may need to have your water pump changed and check your hoses and your freezeout plugs

Answer 4

go to the parts store and buy a leak test kit, it has dye in it that you can see.

a test kit will cost less than $20