03-09-2010, 03:07 AM
Just thought I would post this to see if this has happened to anyone else.
Yesterday, my car was running fine. Perfect tbh, no temp problems, running smooth and it was just all good.
Today I'm driving to school and I notice its running 3 times hotter then normal. I made it to school with the bar just above 3/4 (a bit below red).
So I go to drive straigh to the petrol station to check it out and save some embarrasment in front of school mates. Also, I would be able to get some coolant from here.
I got about 1/3 of the way there and my temp gauge had only just started to move (which is pretty normal). But as soon as it did move, it didn't stop. I managed to get to the servo about with the needle about 2mm below the red zone.
I park the car, look under the bonnet and to my surprise, there was 0 coolant left!! I only checked it last week and there was plenty left!!
And keep in mind tha tit was working fine yesterday, so something happened since then that fudged it over.
I got my dad to come out and help me troubleshoot, he brought some coolant to save me buying a 5L tub I will probably never need.
We filled up the radiator and the coolant tank (just a bit above full) after the engine had cooled out, and poured some water into the battery because my level was a bit low anyway.
I took off once again watching the gauge with a close eye. This time it jumped to 1/2 about 1mile up the road. I thought fudge, but continued to move because I knew the air would be cooling it down and if I stopped before I got home it would probably push it into red and I would have to wait until the thing cooled down again (at least an hour).
By the time I got home it was about 1mm off the red.
I walked away to get ready for work, and came back about 5 minutes later to get my phone, and guess what. the coolant was literally boiling. I didn't want to touch it just in case the thing released a whole lot of pressure when i touched it so I left it. I came back 20 min later and all the coolant had gone again. But it wasn't on the ground so it wasn;t leaking. Something is sucking it up, whilst the car is off.
WTF?!
Anyone had this before? I checked the oil to see if the head gasket had blown or something but it seemed fine (yet again it was in the dark).
Heres a car that I really wanna get:
http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/priv...72FA355130
Yes, its a wobmobile, and yes, it has had the turbo removed. But I like it.
Yesterday, my car was running fine. Perfect tbh, no temp problems, running smooth and it was just all good.
Today I'm driving to school and I notice its running 3 times hotter then normal. I made it to school with the bar just above 3/4 (a bit below red).
So I go to drive straigh to the petrol station to check it out and save some embarrasment in front of school mates. Also, I would be able to get some coolant from here.
I got about 1/3 of the way there and my temp gauge had only just started to move (which is pretty normal). But as soon as it did move, it didn't stop. I managed to get to the servo about with the needle about 2mm below the red zone.
I park the car, look under the bonnet and to my surprise, there was 0 coolant left!! I only checked it last week and there was plenty left!!
And keep in mind tha tit was working fine yesterday, so something happened since then that fudged it over.
I got my dad to come out and help me troubleshoot, he brought some coolant to save me buying a 5L tub I will probably never need.
We filled up the radiator and the coolant tank (just a bit above full) after the engine had cooled out, and poured some water into the battery because my level was a bit low anyway.
I took off once again watching the gauge with a close eye. This time it jumped to 1/2 about 1mile up the road. I thought fudge, but continued to move because I knew the air would be cooling it down and if I stopped before I got home it would probably push it into red and I would have to wait until the thing cooled down again (at least an hour).
By the time I got home it was about 1mm off the red.
I walked away to get ready for work, and came back about 5 minutes later to get my phone, and guess what. the coolant was literally boiling. I didn't want to touch it just in case the thing released a whole lot of pressure when i touched it so I left it. I came back 20 min later and all the coolant had gone again. But it wasn't on the ground so it wasn;t leaking. Something is sucking it up, whilst the car is off.
WTF?!
Anyone had this before? I checked the oil to see if the head gasket had blown or something but it seemed fine (yet again it was in the dark).
Heres a car that I really wanna get:
http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/priv...72FA355130
Yes, its a wobmobile, and yes, it has had the turbo removed. But I like it.