coolant on bumper
06-13-09, 02:11 PM
#1
Rotary Enthusiast
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Biloxi, MS
Posts: 995
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
coolant on bumper
so i notice some times after driving my car hard.. i have coolant drops on my back bumper... by the driver tail light...
any one know why this might be?
any one know why this might be?
06-13-09, 06:25 PM
#4
I don't see how you could possibly have coolant on the rear bumper... But lets start with basics, have you checked the radiator, cap, and lines for leaks? Has your coolant buzzer gone off? Does your overflow bottle go through coolant? Does your car smoke or does the exhaust have a sweet smell to it? It could be that your burning coolant from a leaky water jacket seal... if it is than you will know soon enough because your coolant will be low. Do you have any aftermarket gauges for water temp or water pressure?
Check the exhaust, if you see white smoke or smell sweet odor from the exhaust its a coolant leak that is being burned in the exhaust, and could possibly (not likely) but possibly condensing on the bumper after your drive is complete. Would be similar to a rich car leaving black sooty smoke on the back bumper.
This is where I would start. Assuming it is coolant.
Check the exhaust, if you see white smoke or smell sweet odor from the exhaust its a coolant leak that is being burned in the exhaust, and could possibly (not likely) but possibly condensing on the bumper after your drive is complete. Would be similar to a rich car leaving black sooty smoke on the back bumper.
This is where I would start. Assuming it is coolant.
06-13-09, 08:04 PM
#5
d=(-_-)=b
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NYC
Posts: 167
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Obviously the gallon of coolant that you keep where your spare tire used to be has ruptured...
Hopefully your just mistaking the washer fluid in the back spilling to coolant...that's if you have a hatch wiper and you actually fill the fluid reservoir
Hopefully your just mistaking the washer fluid in the back spilling to coolant...that's if you have a hatch wiper and you actually fill the fluid reservoir
06-15-09, 02:23 AM
#7
Smoke moar
It's probably condensation
Do you have cold weather? When it was cold out and I'd drive the fc some water would come from the tails even if it didnt rain racently.
Do you have cold weather? When it was cold out and I'd drive the fc some water would come from the tails even if it didnt rain racently.
Trending Topics
06-16-09, 01:55 AM
#9
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Simi Valley
Posts: 29
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
87 t-66 is right. Open up your rear hatch and take off the carpet and see if your fluid reservoir is leaking. I don't know if GTU models came with rear wipers or not, but if you have them then you should definitely check it, because I can't see any reason at all for why there would be coolant all the way in the back on your rear bumper.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ZaqAtaq
New Member RX-7 Technical
2
09-05-15 08:57 PM
