James Neville
Member
Hi! I'm new to the site but it's been a wealth of information so far. I will say that I'm pretty new to working on vehicles, so my car lingo may be kinda gibberish!
Let me start from the beginning. I've been going through and doing some maintenance and upgrades here and there, mostly lights and fluids. While checking my antifreeze I noticed my radiator was just about bone dry, but not so dry as to show overheating on my temperature gauge. Since I've never personally filled any of my fluids I just figured it got skipped over the last couple of services or something since you don't change your coolant every year.
So anyway, I did a flush and refilled it and the reservoir to the appropriate levels and took it out for a test drive. A couple miles down the road I had to pull over because of an unrelated issue with the battery (loose terminal loop needs replacing), got that snugged back down and took a look at the air filter and saw green spray all over it and the surrounding area, as well as standing coolant (I assume) down that side of the radiator. I have a cool air intake instead of the stock box filter, so I'm not exactly thrilled if it's getting soaked every time I drive to work and back.
So if anyone else has had or has heard of anyone else having this problem, I'd love to hear a remedy to the situation. I can post some pictures later if I need to. Thanks in advance!
Let me start from the beginning. I've been going through and doing some maintenance and upgrades here and there, mostly lights and fluids. While checking my antifreeze I noticed my radiator was just about bone dry, but not so dry as to show overheating on my temperature gauge. Since I've never personally filled any of my fluids I just figured it got skipped over the last couple of services or something since you don't change your coolant every year.
So anyway, I did a flush and refilled it and the reservoir to the appropriate levels and took it out for a test drive. A couple miles down the road I had to pull over because of an unrelated issue with the battery (loose terminal loop needs replacing), got that snugged back down and took a look at the air filter and saw green spray all over it and the surrounding area, as well as standing coolant (I assume) down that side of the radiator. I have a cool air intake instead of the stock box filter, so I'm not exactly thrilled if it's getting soaked every time I drive to work and back.
So if anyone else has had or has heard of anyone else having this problem, I'd love to hear a remedy to the situation. I can post some pictures later if I need to. Thanks in advance!