pgrindstaff
06-27-2007, 10:59 AM
So I pull into work today and notice a small stream of liquid that followed my car into my parking space at work but blew it off as being condensation, knowing it was probably coolant.
I go out to my car ready to head to lunch and notice that the drops are still there, but mostly dry and procede to lunch. I hop out of my car and see a whole stream of coolant following my car around the parking lot, oh s#?t, this is bad. Over lunch I sit and ponder why I didn't see and smoke or anything and with that kind of loss surely my car would run warm. Sure enough, the needle does in fact sit a bit further from the center mark than normal.
Back at work I pop the hood and there is coolant all over the rear left side of the engine bay and it appears the source is a hose below the resivoir behind the engine cover. A lot of the coolant was sitting on what I can only guess is a pump that sits next to the fuse box, but that doesn't really matter as the leak is more important than what got messy.
I noticed last week when I had to get two tires replaced due to a flat that the shop had topped off the coolant because the coolant level indicator came on. I wouldn't say that this is conclusive, but it looks like the coolant they used was green, and the coolant in the engine bay was somewhat thick and tacky.
I wish I had some pictures to give you an idea of where this leak is comming from, but any ideas are greatly appreciated. I figure I can top it off with water and make my 42 mile trek home, but I know that this isn't an issue that I can ignore long. If pictures will help I'll see what I can do this evening.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long ass post
-Patrick
I go out to my car ready to head to lunch and notice that the drops are still there, but mostly dry and procede to lunch. I hop out of my car and see a whole stream of coolant following my car around the parking lot, oh s#?t, this is bad. Over lunch I sit and ponder why I didn't see and smoke or anything and with that kind of loss surely my car would run warm. Sure enough, the needle does in fact sit a bit further from the center mark than normal.
Back at work I pop the hood and there is coolant all over the rear left side of the engine bay and it appears the source is a hose below the resivoir behind the engine cover. A lot of the coolant was sitting on what I can only guess is a pump that sits next to the fuse box, but that doesn't really matter as the leak is more important than what got messy.
I noticed last week when I had to get two tires replaced due to a flat that the shop had topped off the coolant because the coolant level indicator came on. I wouldn't say that this is conclusive, but it looks like the coolant they used was green, and the coolant in the engine bay was somewhat thick and tacky.
I wish I had some pictures to give you an idea of where this leak is comming from, but any ideas are greatly appreciated. I figure I can top it off with water and make my 42 mile trek home, but I know that this isn't an issue that I can ignore long. If pictures will help I'll see what I can do this evening.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long ass post
-Patrick