My Radiator's Smoking Help!!!
03-04-2003, 11:27 AM
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My Radiator's Smoking Help!!!
Ok guys I came home from school today and i saw lil smoke coming from the hood at a light so I got home and right away popped the hood. What do I see? Smoke coming out of the radiator and tiny sprays of green antifreeze sprayed everywhere. Then I look in my coolant reservoir and its like all way the bottom. I kno guys ur gonna flame me for runnin it this low but my gauge was in normal I swear im always looking at my temperature gauge. And todays first time I saw it smoking so it must not of been like this too long. What kinda damage do you think I did and what am I going to have to do to fix this? Im going back outside right now to fill the reservior.
03-04-2003, 11:53 AM
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trust me being alittle low on coolant in the resovwar is nothin i had one of my hoses come off the engine while i was on the highway and another time i forgot to titghten to cap all the way and had smoke and coolant everywhere on the way to school so your fine, well you got to find out where its leaking first it could the radiator or hoses once you find out replace what ever is bad fill and bleed the system and your done i would go out turn on the car and watch for where the leak starts sqeaz the hoses to look for crakes if its a hose go to the auto parts store and buy a hose for 10 buck if its your radiator you can get them on ebay for under 100 bucks so your not looking at alot of money at all
03-04-2003, 12:13 PM
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probably blew a coolant hose, but you'll have to find the leak before you can do much about it.
refill the reservoir and radiator, then start the car up. see if you can tell where the leak is, then replace that part.
as long as you didn't overheat the engine, I doubt if you did any real damage.
refill the reservoir and radiator, then start the car up. see if you can tell where the leak is, then replace that part.
as long as you didn't overheat the engine, I doubt if you did any real damage.
03-04-2003, 12:15 PM
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Originally posted by subs1000w
trust me being alittle low on coolant in the resovwar is nothin i had one of my hoses come off the engine while i was on the highway and another time i forgot to titghten to cap all the way and had smoke and coolant everywhere on the way to school so your fine, well you got to find out where its leaking first it could the radiator or hoses once you find out replace what ever is bad fill and bleed the system and your done i would go out turn on the car and watch for where the leak starts sqeaz the hoses to look for crakes if its a hose go to the auto parts store and buy a hose for 10 buck if its your radiator you can get them on ebay for under 100 bucks so your not looking at alot of money at all
trust me being alittle low on coolant in the resovwar is nothin i had one of my hoses come off the engine while i was on the highway and another time i forgot to titghten to cap all the way and had smoke and coolant everywhere on the way to school so your fine, well you got to find out where its leaking first it could the radiator or hoses once you find out replace what ever is bad fill and bleed the system and your done i would go out turn on the car and watch for where the leak starts sqeaz the hoses to look for crakes if its a hose go to the auto parts store and buy a hose for 10 buck if its your radiator you can get them on ebay for under 100 bucks so your not looking at alot of money at all
03-04-2003, 01:14 PM
#6
Originally posted by Fosgate Fan
can coolent hurt the paint? curious
can coolent hurt the paint? curious
also WAIT UNTIL THE CAR COOLS OFF TOTALLY BEFORE TOUCHING IT.
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