Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 22:07:46 GMT From: John B <rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org> Subject: Re: steam at radiator (c900)
On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:31:15 GMT, Paul Halliday wrote: > > You've answered your own question here. It's normal ... All classic 900s do > this. Don't worry about it. It's quite unnerving when you first see it, not > to mention embarrassing. Since you only notice it if you're stationary and, Ah, very interesting. I've been driving this particular car for 10 years, and I've never noticed it before the last couple months. But if you say it's normal, that's good enough for me. Perhaps it is only normal for post-120k mile 900s? > as you say, only for a few second I usually pull up quite close behind the > car infront and pretend it's their exhaust :) I must confess to being tempted to do this also :) > > Nah! It's normal. Wait another 50,000 miles or so and replace the radiator. > It's a hunded odd quid part and actually kind of fun to replace on a nice > winter weekend. > Sounds good to me. Out of curiosity though, what causes this steam? Does a bit of coolant leak from the thermostat as it opens? I've been unable to pinpoint the exact source, since I'm always driving when it happens. Thanks, John