coolant loss interval
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coolant loss interval
I was hoping it was around the thermostat since I think there's a Stant in there and factory is the way to go, no?
When I was under my car some time ago flushing it, the lower rad hose didn't look right before disassembly and after the flush I put it back on and there isn't much of a sleeve where one end goes (the water pump maybe), but the other side (radiator) fit fine. I inverted it and still no go. I ran it like this a while while noting that sometimes after letting my car idle it would leak out a puddle, but soon after would stop. So I suspect it only leaks either when the thermostat is open or closed.
The hose that was on there is a spiral one with a metallic slinky inside, so maybe one end is a different size than the other....making it a specialty hose.
Like when you tighten the clamp it crunches and smootches together ruining the seal. Also, is that plastic. Why such a short sleeve? everywhere else has plenty of room to slide the hose on before torquing it on.
When I was under my car some time ago flushing it, the lower rad hose didn't look right before disassembly and after the flush I put it back on and there isn't much of a sleeve where one end goes (the water pump maybe), but the other side (radiator) fit fine. I inverted it and still no go. I ran it like this a while while noting that sometimes after letting my car idle it would leak out a puddle, but soon after would stop. So I suspect it only leaks either when the thermostat is open or closed.
The hose that was on there is a spiral one with a metallic slinky inside, so maybe one end is a different size than the other....making it a specialty hose.
Like when you tighten the clamp it crunches and smootches together ruining the seal. Also, is that plastic. Why such a short sleeve? everywhere else has plenty of room to slide the hose on before torquing it on.
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Sounds like you need to buy a proper replacement hose. Also, look under the water pump and see if there's a wet or dirty trail running down the front cover, if so the water pump couldbe on the way out and leaking from the weep hole. Mine just did that 2 days ago
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No signs of leaks, but loss at a rate of overflow full mark to warning buzzer/100 miles.
Also, I placed my hand over the tailpipes and it is loaded with moisture.
Does that mean anything?
Also, I placed my hand over the tailpipes and it is loaded with moisture.
Does that mean anything?
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Update
So my car sits overnight and there is a puddle from right behind the oilpan. I check the overflow and its all good, but went to check radiator and its maybe half a quart low.
Any wisdom before I go at it?
Any wisdom before I go at it?
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I hate replying to myself so this is more or less a log.
Behind the dynamic chamber beside that plastic piece there is a coolant line that had been off. Got a new clamp and it is on.
When I was diagnostic under the car, the leak drained down to transmission case. I traced it up to under the hood and thought I had located it to a different, BIgger hose that ran to the firewall that I began pulling on and prying with a flathead. It was all fail until I went to the driver's side to get a better angle. That is win I noticed the the loose hose.
Behind the dynamic chamber beside that plastic piece there is a coolant line that had been off. Got a new clamp and it is on.
When I was diagnostic under the car, the leak drained down to transmission case. I traced it up to under the hood and thought I had located it to a different, BIgger hose that ran to the firewall that I began pulling on and prying with a flathead. It was all fail until I went to the driver's side to get a better angle. That is win I noticed the the loose hose.
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