coolant leaking please help
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:33 am
hello,
Try to make this short. I have a 93 turbo 150K car has been great, running very strong, no major problems.
Today on the way from work I notice my temp gauge nearly pegged as im at a light. I start driving and am about to pull over to check it out, gauge drops real fast back to normal. so i keep driving. rest of the way home gauge slowly moves up and down a bit, mainly staying around half between normal and max. turning a/c off seemed to help but not sure as the guage was moving so much.
as i got home i looked under the hood and the overflow tank for coolant was empty. No noticalbe signs of coolant visible anywhere from under the hood.
looked under the car and coolant was dripping fairly fast from center of engine (by oil pan and crossmember?) i shut the car off and the coolant slowed a bit, eventually stopping.
I now have no coolant in my tank, I have checked my oil for any signs, oil looks good. I am unable to get under the car to have a better look but any ideas would help. unfortunately i am machanically inclined and will be taking to the shop for repair.
but any help would be appreciated,
thanks,
eric
ps i tried searching already
Try to make this short. I have a 93 turbo 150K car has been great, running very strong, no major problems.
Today on the way from work I notice my temp gauge nearly pegged as im at a light. I start driving and am about to pull over to check it out, gauge drops real fast back to normal. so i keep driving. rest of the way home gauge slowly moves up and down a bit, mainly staying around half between normal and max. turning a/c off seemed to help but not sure as the guage was moving so much.
as i got home i looked under the hood and the overflow tank for coolant was empty. No noticalbe signs of coolant visible anywhere from under the hood.
looked under the car and coolant was dripping fairly fast from center of engine (by oil pan and crossmember?) i shut the car off and the coolant slowed a bit, eventually stopping.
I now have no coolant in my tank, I have checked my oil for any signs, oil looks good. I am unable to get under the car to have a better look but any ideas would help. unfortunately i am machanically inclined and will be taking to the shop for repair.
but any help would be appreciated,
thanks,
eric
ps i tried searching already