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Re: Major Coolant Leak - HELP!
Posted by Tim (more from Tim) on Thu, 3 Jan 2013 05:40:11
In Reply to: Major Coolant Leak - HELP!, Simon in Vancouver, Wed, 2 Jan 2013 21:20:08
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There can be a number of reasons for sudden massive coolant loss. At 145k miles, one likely scenario is accessory/serpentine belt failure. Did your wife notice steering becoming extremely heavy? In day light, you can see the serpentine belt in the engine bay.
Both my OG9-5 and NG9-3 had broken one serpentine belt incident each by the road side. One had a noisy "warning" but only 30k miles after replacement, the other had no warning. I drove for another 10+ minutes each after the incidents happened (one because it broke when valet parking was driving it and didn't tell me; the other because I was on the highway therefore had to look for an exit, I'd rather lose the engine and replace the car than risking my self on the side of a busy highway); both engines are fine afterwards.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Major Coolant Leak - HELP!, Simon in Vancouver, Wed, 2 Jan 2013 21:20:08
- Re: Major Coolant Leak - UPDATE, Name Left Blank, Thu, 3 Jan 2013 14:35:56
- Re: Major Coolant Leak - HELP!, Simon in Vancouver, Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:00:13
- Re: Major Coolant Leak - HELP!, SWEDECAR , Thu, 3 Jan 2013 08:21:42
- Sounds a lot like a blown hose, Noel, Thu, 3 Jan 2013 06:03:54
- Re: Major Coolant Leak - HELP!, Tim, Thu, 3 Jan 2013 05:40:11 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Major Coolant Leak - HELP!, JohnPeg , Wed, 2 Jan 2013 23:25:45
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