..It wasn't a great plan.
Turned the engine on and the rad fan started playing full blast. Peter at SBITS had sorted this for me before, so I thought it was weird but thought maybe the temp switch had failed again, or that the cold had got to the electrics.Unfortunately things didn't get much better by the time I got back.
The car's had a high pitched whine for a while now, and this was back with a vengeance today. So when I got home I popped the engine lid...and there was steam pouring out from the top right side, from close to where the condensor is.Got underneath and saw the following:
The coolant seems to run down most of the right of the car
(rear subframe and along the under panels) to just before the engine bay), making it hard to localise the cause. I figured it was the Hose from Hell so tried to get closer to look.
Tried to get my phone to take a pic of the Hose From Hell, as I figured it might be this but I couldn't get the angle.
It didn't seem wet but it is in the right place for the steam that was pouring out when the engine was hot. I also noticed a small amount of coolant on the battery
- took the trim in the front trunk off and found that a small amount of coolant was dripping from the heating unit's bleed valve - loosened the valve's plastic tap a little then tightened up. Unsure if the trace amount present could the be cause of the leak as far back as the rear subframe...Is anyone with more experience able to say if this is likely to be the HFH?
Cheers.
