1FATVZ
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Hey guys,
Last week i was driving along and my temp gauge was going up higher than normal, it didnt hit the red and i didnt get any warnings but i pulled over and called my mechanic, i let it cool down and noticed that my coolant level was terribly low.
I had the car towed to him last Friday and he got back to me early Saturday telling me it was ready to pickup, im not 100% sure on what he fixed because i didnt pick the car up and talk to him but it had to do with some hose or something that he replaced along with a pressure test and a coolant top-up and i was ready to go, ($160 later)
When i got the car home later that night, about two hours later i noticed some coolant on the concrete under the car, i thought this was just some over fill so i wasn't too concerned. A few days passed nothing was leaking so i thought it was all good, a few days later i was parked at a shopping center and as i was leaving i noticed a decent leak underneath me.
At this stage the coolant levels seemed ok and the temp gauge was fine, i have been keeping an eye on it everyday and noticed that last night there was a leak once again overnight, but then nothing today,
The temp gauge is still looking good even after ~45 minute drives but if i keep loosing coolant im going to be back to ground one. I'm planning on giving him a call tomorrow arvo and probably going to take the car in first thing Saturday morning,
im just wondering if you guys had any ideas of what could be wrong and if you guys had any experiences with this happening.
I've got a photo of where i have seen the coolant slightly run from, from when i got it re-filled:
http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab314/grkwepn/IMG_0645-1.jpg
Thanks for any help in advance
Last week i was driving along and my temp gauge was going up higher than normal, it didnt hit the red and i didnt get any warnings but i pulled over and called my mechanic, i let it cool down and noticed that my coolant level was terribly low.
I had the car towed to him last Friday and he got back to me early Saturday telling me it was ready to pickup, im not 100% sure on what he fixed because i didnt pick the car up and talk to him but it had to do with some hose or something that he replaced along with a pressure test and a coolant top-up and i was ready to go, ($160 later)
When i got the car home later that night, about two hours later i noticed some coolant on the concrete under the car, i thought this was just some over fill so i wasn't too concerned. A few days passed nothing was leaking so i thought it was all good, a few days later i was parked at a shopping center and as i was leaving i noticed a decent leak underneath me.
At this stage the coolant levels seemed ok and the temp gauge was fine, i have been keeping an eye on it everyday and noticed that last night there was a leak once again overnight, but then nothing today,
The temp gauge is still looking good even after ~45 minute drives but if i keep loosing coolant im going to be back to ground one. I'm planning on giving him a call tomorrow arvo and probably going to take the car in first thing Saturday morning,
im just wondering if you guys had any ideas of what could be wrong and if you guys had any experiences with this happening.
I've got a photo of where i have seen the coolant slightly run from, from when i got it re-filled:
http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab314/grkwepn/IMG_0645-1.jpg
Thanks for any help in advance