Driving home with a rad leak :S
08-16-02, 01:20 PM
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Driving home with a rad leak :S
Ok, I'm supposed to drive my new car home tonight. Problem is, it has a pin hole sized leak in the rad core and my new rad hasnt arrived yet 
. It's about a 20 minute highway drive to my place. Do you think I should attempt this? Any advice or suggestions?
After I drove the car last night I noticed it was dripping (guess the guys temp fix didnt work). It wasnt leaking alot, but coolant was dripping...
. It's about a 20 minute highway drive to my place. Do you think I should attempt this? Any advice or suggestions? After I drove the car last night I noticed it was dripping (guess the guys temp fix didnt work). It wasnt leaking alot, but coolant was dripping...
08-16-02, 02:31 PM
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if you do drive it....make sure you check it often....a small leak can become a big leak....if the car overheats...you can't rebuild the engine....it will warp the housings and you will have to buy a whole new core....good-luck ....chances are if it is small and it is only 20 miles.... you should be fine....what about AAA...if you don't have it...you should get it.....
08-16-02, 06:46 PM
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even a temp gauge won't help you
if you are on the highway driving and it overheats you won't have enough time to pull over and shut down before it screws things up. I would for sure tow it even if its $200 or so
why do people like to push this cars buttons especially when they know its prone to certain problems
Its like me when my car started leaking oil the day I got it back from the rebuild
I was so excited to drive it because the weekend was coming up but I did the right thing and filled it back up with oil and drove very slowly while watching the water temp gauge back to the shop and dropped it off for the weekend till the shop opened on monday to fix it.
your car you decide
Snook
if you are on the highway driving and it overheats you won't have enough time to pull over and shut down before it screws things up. I would for sure tow it even if its $200 or so
why do people like to push this cars buttons especially when they know its prone to certain problems
Its like me when my car started leaking oil the day I got it back from the rebuild
I was so excited to drive it because the weekend was coming up but I did the right thing and filled it back up with oil and drove very slowly while watching the water temp gauge back to the shop and dropped it off for the weekend till the shop opened on monday to fix it.
your car you decide
Snook
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