lucky that the steering wheel here is on the other side of the car, so I don't get al the hot water over my foot if it would go.. But I agree it smells and it doesn't dry!
'68 sunbeam rapier fastback {B341006846 OD/LHO} I like a car that looks normal but really knocks your socks off!!
Lucky it went while in the garage - I had one of those split while driving the car. It sprayed hot water all over my left foot, and the anti-freeze makes the pedals really slippery. It didn't smell too good either
well i replaced all my hoses today including the offending leaky one under the dash board. what a swine of a job getting to the one under the dash. It was well rotten though. Carpet has nearly dried out now in the sun today
Took the Alpine out today for the first time in nearly 6 months to a classic car show at Weston Super Mud and when i got home i noticed a puddle of water under the car on the garage floor plus no visible coolant in the Rad. as i could see no obvious place for the leak i feared the worst & thought it may have been a core plug let go at the back of the engine. Luckily or unluckily when i looked more closely i found the carpet on the drivers side was soaking wet. After contorting myself & looking up under the dashboard it turned out the small right angled hose that goes from the heater valve to the matrix was driping onto the carpet. I bought a new set of hoses from Speedy Spares last year but never got round to fitting them. Looking at some of the other hoses i think next weekends job will be hose replacement plus a flush & refill with new antifreeze.
Coolant loss
Posted - 12 Apr 2012 : 18:17:56
