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.
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
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
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!!
Coolant loss
Posted - 08 Apr 2012 : 22:02:22
