treeh8r
12-09-2005, 04:38 AM
Yesterday morning, had to open the gate. Got out; noticed fan was on. Unusual. Get back in the car, and the temp is 1 bar hotter than normal operating temp. Hum? So I find the coolant and its low. I figure its from air in the line displacing the fluid (which I had changed ~1mo ago).
After work, I add distilled water to the reservoir to try to get to toyota to first, buy more coolant, and second, have them make sure there really isnt anything wrong w/ the car.
Driving down the road, need gas. While sitting at a light, the temp gauge switches back and forth from normal operating temp to 1 bar greater. Stop at Mobil, fill up. Reservoir is still full. Start car, temp went down, continue driving. ~1/4 mile down the road, the temp goes up the extra bar again, then not even 1/4 mile after, redline (shes hot, oh yeah!) Turned heat on, hot air for about 30 seconds then cold air comes out.
So ~500 feet, I pull into a blockbuster parking lot and park. Pop the hood, no smoke. A little steam from the bottom. Reservoir still full. Oil full. Sat for about 2 hours waiting for the tow to a local shop. While waiting, fluid level in reservoir slowly reduced...there were about 5 or 6 different spots on the oil-change underbody plastic that were dripping coolant, very slowly, like 1 drop every 10-20 seconds. Car is at the shop right now. Haven't gotten a call yet. Any guesses as to what went wrong???
After work, I add distilled water to the reservoir to try to get to toyota to first, buy more coolant, and second, have them make sure there really isnt anything wrong w/ the car.
Driving down the road, need gas. While sitting at a light, the temp gauge switches back and forth from normal operating temp to 1 bar greater. Stop at Mobil, fill up. Reservoir is still full. Start car, temp went down, continue driving. ~1/4 mile down the road, the temp goes up the extra bar again, then not even 1/4 mile after, redline (shes hot, oh yeah!) Turned heat on, hot air for about 30 seconds then cold air comes out.
So ~500 feet, I pull into a blockbuster parking lot and park. Pop the hood, no smoke. A little steam from the bottom. Reservoir still full. Oil full. Sat for about 2 hours waiting for the tow to a local shop. While waiting, fluid level in reservoir slowly reduced...there were about 5 or 6 different spots on the oil-change underbody plastic that were dripping coolant, very slowly, like 1 drop every 10-20 seconds. Car is at the shop right now. Haven't gotten a call yet. Any guesses as to what went wrong???