 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 14, 2008 - 10:13 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 4, '03 From Twin Cities MN Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
I suspect the problem to be the heater core... Drove it home from work the other day, with similar issues as that morning. Even though it was raining, I thought that the interior was being unusually difficult to defog. Checked the car out the next day and did not find any leaks, hose issues, or odors. Drove to work again this morning with the heater system off completely and the temp dial set all the way left, and no burning/spattering noise. I think i'm going to have to take it in to have a professional find the problem
-------------------- 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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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 Hanyo follow your nose...
do you smell antifreeze?
som... Apr 12, 2008 - 6:06 PM
Bitter QUOTE(Hanyo @ Apr 12, 2008 - 6:06 PM... Apr 12, 2008 - 7:20 PM |
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