The head gasket sits between the head and the engine block if it is leaking out where you can see the coolant, yes you can smell the coolant if it is leaking into the engine no you cannot smell the coolant. You can check the oil to see if it has coolant in the oil if it does then the head gasket might be blown.
If your going through coolant then you have an internal head gasket leak you smell coolant because its getting into cylinder and burning
Head or head gasket leak
The coolant will normally leak into the oil or into the cylinder
It is possible that the gasket could leak between cylinders. The overheating and coolant loss would happen if the gasket was failing around the coolant passages.
Oil in the coolant tank indicates a head gasket leak.
A sweet smell is usually coolant being burned, check your coolant level and oil ( look for milky appearance ) as it may be a head gasket leak. A coolant leak on the outside of the motor may indicate a leak somewhere in the radiator or one of the hoses. When an AC line is leaking I have heard some people describe the smell as sweet.
yes, especially if the leak is causing coolant to leak, you can run out of coolant. then overheat.
have the head gasket replaced
Head Gasket leak most likely.
Blown head gasket and/or cracked head.
Maybe a head gasket leak they're hard to see and can cause coolant leakge and you might smell the coolant in the car
What are you asking? How to check for a head gasket leak? the symptoms include: sweet smells from exhaust real clean spark plugs because if the leak is in the cylender, the steam from the coolant will clean the plugs. coolant in oil causing the oil to be a chocolate milk color oil in the coolant or just plain leaking out from the head as in where the gasket is.