Puff The Magic Wagon!
01-04-2008, 05:42 PM
For the last couple of thousand miles have been going through coolant at a rate of knots. Took it into my dealer and he has replaced both the intercooler and the radiator.
The radiator had a stress crack that was leaking coolant at a join near one of the hoses and the i/c had simillar (well not coolant but was losing pressure under a pressure test).
Obviously had noticed coolant dropping out as the light kept coming on but the i/c appeared to be working fine. But on getting back seems a "bit" livelier under acceleration.
Probably could have missed out on replacing the i/c but as the labour was the same and the unit itself quite cheap, then had it done.
Just a fyi really, no real story, but as the car gets older and racks up the miles, good to know what can go wrong.
The radiator had a stress crack that was leaking coolant at a join near one of the hoses and the i/c had simillar (well not coolant but was losing pressure under a pressure test).
Obviously had noticed coolant dropping out as the light kept coming on but the i/c appeared to be working fine. But on getting back seems a "bit" livelier under acceleration.
Probably could have missed out on replacing the i/c but as the labour was the same and the unit itself quite cheap, then had it done.
Just a fyi really, no real story, but as the car gets older and racks up the miles, good to know what can go wrong.