krave 0 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I had a little crash the other week and done my radiator and fans in, i replaced these with second hand units and all was fine untill yesterday. Basically the top radiator hose split yesterday and sprayed engine coolant all over my engine, was replaced and today the new one (second hand) popped off the radiator and sprayed coolent every where again. what could be causing this?Car is nothing but problems atm and its getting me down. Link to post Share on other sites
Devildub_06 0 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Depends on whether your coolant escaped during said accident whilst the engine was still running, if that's the case then there is a chance the engine may have overheated in this time frame, potentially warping the head and taking the head gasket with it.I would start by ensuring the coolant system is properly bled out too. See what happens after you do. Link to post Share on other sites
krave 0 Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I drove about half a mile after the incident with coolent leaking all the way, two minutes worth of driving max. Il put some more coolent in and blead it through again. Link to post Share on other sites
krave 0 Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 ok, well ive just inspected the radiator hoses after leaving the engine running for ten mins (to get to normal operating temp) and the top radiator hose is hot and the bottom one isnt, so im guessing that the problem is most likely the second hand radiator ive bought. Sorry to bombared you all with constant ?'s just im at a bit of a loose end and dont really want to be paying silly labour costs. ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
xyber 1 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 or a monster air pocket Link to post Share on other sites
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