To make the story short........
2 months a go I had my intake manifold gaskets replaced b/c I was losing/leaking coolant, at which time I replaced the T-stat also. Problem solved.
A few days after I started smelling antifreeze every time i turned my heater fan "on". I'm assuming I have a pin hole leak in my heater core, but that's for a different day.
Yesterday I was driving home on the highway. During the winter months I usually leave my temp control on max heat to keep my toes warm and to dissipate engine heat. However with the unusual warm days lately I turned me temp control to max cold which is what i believe to have started the problem. Mind you this is all with the ac and fan off. Got home and hear a hissing noise from under the hood. Popped the hood and coolant is squirting out of a small line of holes in the side of my coolant tank. THE OVERFLOW TUBE WAS BONE DRY. Take the cap off, and fluid is VERY low. Filled back up, drove 5 mins, and fluid is gone again however none blowing through the holes.
Here's a picture where the holes were blown through.
Temporarily now i will fill her up everytime i drive the car, however the low coolant light still comes on. With my heater set to max heat, the output wil go from hot to outside temp back and forth randomly.
I've ordered a new coolant tank & cap. I'm thinking that b/c my overflow tube was bone dry the cap could have been malfunctioning; and now I have air pockets in my system since it is not pressurized; causing the low coolant sensor to go off along with fluctuating heater temps.
Any thoughts?
2 months a go I had my intake manifold gaskets replaced b/c I was losing/leaking coolant, at which time I replaced the T-stat also. Problem solved.
A few days after I started smelling antifreeze every time i turned my heater fan "on". I'm assuming I have a pin hole leak in my heater core, but that's for a different day.
Yesterday I was driving home on the highway. During the winter months I usually leave my temp control on max heat to keep my toes warm and to dissipate engine heat. However with the unusual warm days lately I turned me temp control to max cold which is what i believe to have started the problem. Mind you this is all with the ac and fan off. Got home and hear a hissing noise from under the hood. Popped the hood and coolant is squirting out of a small line of holes in the side of my coolant tank. THE OVERFLOW TUBE WAS BONE DRY. Take the cap off, and fluid is VERY low. Filled back up, drove 5 mins, and fluid is gone again however none blowing through the holes.
Here's a picture where the holes were blown through.
Temporarily now i will fill her up everytime i drive the car, however the low coolant light still comes on. With my heater set to max heat, the output wil go from hot to outside temp back and forth randomly.
I've ordered a new coolant tank & cap. I'm thinking that b/c my overflow tube was bone dry the cap could have been malfunctioning; and now I have air pockets in my system since it is not pressurized; causing the low coolant sensor to go off along with fluctuating heater temps.
Any thoughts?