'14 Chevy Cruze coolest usage...

[Bluebird]

How much coolant should be evaporated, 1.8 stick shift, in an average 100-mile week. I crank the heater every morning to max for 10-miles, I replace about 1/8" in resovour every 2-weeks. Blessings to all at Christmastime! Patrick

 

[AH64ID]

None.

1/8” doesn’t mean much, how much volume?

Leaks? Steam from the exhaust?

 

[bcbender]

A friend's Cruise ECO (1.4L Turbo) was losing coolant, ended up being a cracked head in the intake valve area.. never had any steam, or leaks... but occasionally had a misfire or stumble right after / on a hot restart...no drivability issues except the occasional stumble on restart, the head was cracked near the intake valve of the corresponding cylinder(s)

 

[bcbender]

Additionally, we thought it was a head gasket as we had narrowed it down to coolant entering the cylinder, but alas after pulling the head, the gasket was fine and prior to the compression checked out. His head was cracked due to running low on coolant when the resin water thermostat housing cracked and seeped coolant w/o his knowledge... (another thing to check)

Good luck on your search, I would probably as a next step do a coolant system pressure test to begin with, but keep in mind, in the case of cracked components, they don't always show on a pressure test as they do not leak until they expand when hot. I had a 93 Bronco with a 351W that the PO did not run the right coolant, it lost coolant for a while before I found one day it spraying a fine mist out below the spark plugs on the pass side... the head mustve froze and it was cracked end to end in many spots... Then I was able to notice the fine green lines where coolant had been leaking and drying over the thermal cycles... dont rule anything out I guess

JM2C

 

[Timd32]

Here is a check.list of sort.

Edit, I read the post again, and this is the L4 1.8l list.

Good luck. Merry Christmas.