 Troubleshooting: Cooling system issue? |
 Apr 11, 2008 - 8:32 AM
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After getting to work this morning, I noticed while shutting my car off a faint sizzling noise coming from what seemed to be the passenger side foot well. After a more through investigation, the sound was indeed coming from underneath the dash area on the passenger side of the car. It sounded like water droplets hitting a hot pan, and I'm assuming that it's coolant (once the temp gauge in the car went down, the sound dissipated). I did not notice any particular odor coming from the car, nor did I find any coolant leaking... Should I be concerned, and what price range am I looking at to fix if need be?
This post has been edited by saleeka: Apr 11, 2008 - 9:44 AM -------------------- Car #3: 98 Accord LX- purchased 5/06, totaled 8/06
Car #2: 95 Celica GT- purchased 8/03, current daily driver Car #1: 01 Focus ZX3- purchased 5/01, sold 8/03 |
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Apr 12, 2008 - 6:06 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
follow your nose...
do you smell antifreeze? sometimes it can just be water from condensation. |
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Apr 12, 2008 - 7:20 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(Hanyo @ Apr 12, 2008 - 6:06 PM) [snapback]663967[/snapback] follow your nose... do you smell antifreeze? sometimes it can just be water from condensation.   at the shop we use a tool called a pressure tester to pressurize the cooling system to find leaks. its just a little pump with a gauge and adapter to fit onto the radiator where the cap goes. a cheaper way is to put pressure into the system by a small line such as the one that goes to the throttle body. just unhook one of the lines and hook it to a small bicycle pump with a gauge. plug or cap the nipple it came off of and put about 15psi into the cooling system. any leaks should spring to life. -------------------- |
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saleeka Troubleshooting: Cooling system issue? Apr 11, 2008 - 8:32 AM
GriffGirl Sounds like a leaking hose by the firewall. Pop th... Apr 11, 2008 - 12:14 PM D-Man X2, (a good rule of thumb) if you dont know what i... Apr 11, 2008 - 12:18 PM xs94st yea man..i had a bad hose near the passenger side ... Apr 11, 2008 - 12:22 PM saleeka Thanks. I'll check it out once I'm done wi... Apr 11, 2008 - 1:37 PM GriffGirl Just make sure that once you find the problem, you... Apr 11, 2008 - 1:45 PM 6G96GT What about a heater core? Not sure where it is in ... Apr 12, 2008 - 6:02 PM
saleeka I suspect the problem to be the heater core... Dro... Apr 14, 2008 - 10:13 AM |
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