coolant smell inside

Just changed my rad a month ago for the second time due to a faulty part 7 months ago, I have no leaks to speak of and the temp is and has always been perfect but I have the smell of coolant inside when I get in. Figure its just the residual from the two changes or what? Thanks in advance.

Very possible its residual. Keep a eye on your carpet around the heater area.

I would say it's your heater core..
X2 on the carpet..

Thats for sure. Same thing happens to every vehicle I change a radiator in, within months the heater core goes south.
Cheap enough, but what a PITA to change on most vehicles.

I had the same problem in my 97 and it was the heater core. I had to run the defogger to keep the windows from fogging up on humid days. It took a long time for just one little drop of coolant to show up clinging to the passenger side heater duct. I didn't let it get bad enough to cause a real problem. I posted some tips here:

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69583

It took a couple of weeks for the smell to stop even after scrubbing out the heater core housing. The A/C still works great even though I didn't put a vacuum on it.

-Jim C

you should find the leak before it ruins your carpet. mine smells awful...