 wheres my coolant going?, hummm |
 May 11, 2005 - 1:46 PM
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every few months and sometimes sooner my car tends to start over heating. when i go to open up the burp tank and radiator i find that im super low on coolant. Usually when my car starts to randomly heat up and cool off i figure its the thermostat going bad BUT As soon as i fill my car up with coolant the over heating problem goes away and regular engine temp stays the same with no flucuations.
So i figure it must be me loosing water/coolant somwhere. Ive look at the radiator as well as the burp tank and when full and with the engine running there appear to be no leaks or cracks with water drippin from it. Nor is there water/coolant drippin out from my car both while sitting and driving. I then figured maybe a gasket went bad and im dumpin water in to my oil/cylinders. So ive checked the oil regularly and find that the oil is clean (well its oil clean lol) NO MILK in my oil so im sure im not losing water to my engine. Where else should i check? What else maybe wrong? thanks. |
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May 12, 2005 - 10:03 AM
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Is your A/C on when you see the mist or just the blower? If it's the blower then check the core. This is off topic, but are you on toyota nation?
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May 12, 2005 - 11:42 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 16, '04 From Los Angeles Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
QUOTE(darksecret @ May 12, 2005 - 3:03 PM) Is your A/C on when you see the mist or just the blower? If it's the blower then check the core. This is off topic, but are you on toyota nation? [right][snapback]286025[/snapback][/right] honestly ive forgoten as it hasnt happend for some time as i hardly use the AC but ill check it summer time lol turbo first. btw i am on TN why do u ask? |
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urbandork wheres my coolant going? May 11, 2005 - 1:46 PM
darksecret The coolant fairy is taking it, lol. Seriously loo... May 11, 2005 - 1:53 PM urbandork humm that brings me to wonder. Some times when i h... May 11, 2005 - 6:20 PM vangSTa_celica I'd flush out the whole system. May 11, 2005 - 6:24 PM CelicaST18 could ba a bad head gasket May 11, 2005 - 7:10 PM
urbandork QUOTE(CelicaST18 @ May 12, 2005 - 12:10 AM)co... May 11, 2005 - 8:13 PM Rjb23 QUOTE(urbandork @ May 12, 2005 - 1:13 AM)QUOT... May 11, 2005 - 9:53 PM darksecret I just signed up there and seen your screename so ... May 12, 2005 - 12:08 PM lagos if you have smoke coming out of your heater vent, ... May 12, 2005 - 1:02 PM darksecret That's what I didn't know, if the Celicas ... May 12, 2005 - 1:10 PM urbandork that would explain the smell of coolant lol hahaa ... May 13, 2005 - 12:07 AM darksecret Best to replace, I don't remember the cost, bu... May 13, 2005 - 8:26 AM lagos the core is cheap (20-30$) but make sure you ... May 13, 2005 - 12:19 PM urbandork weekend project i guess May 13, 2005 - 12:23 PM |
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