fujioko
09-14-2006, 09:07 PM
Today is day two of the BMW resurrection. Anyway on the way to the office I stopped to get some coffee:D .. I noticed steam coming from the front of the car. A quick check under the hood and I saw that the air bleed screw on the radiator was leaking. I tightened the screw a bit more and the ****er snapped off!
I made it to work without any trouble and did a quick repair during lunch. (semi half ass but functional)
On the way home the temp gage spiked to about ¾… I pulled into a gas station to give a look. The radiator appeared full and the bleed screw was only weeping a tiny amount.
I shut the car down and waited a bit. In a short while the car was cool enough to pull the radiator cap. Once again everything appeared normal. I started the engine and let it run about 30 seconds.. all of a sudden violent bust of coolant erupted from the open cap.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw the lower rad hose wiggle and move a bit (right hose). Then the hose popped back into shape.
Ahhhhh….. the hose had collapsed!
I had thought my hoses were “ok” but I guess I was wrong. I find it odd that the hose would stay collapsed with the engine off and the rad cap off. A mystery of sorts. Nevertheless its time for new hoses.
Thought I would share my odd occurrence. I think I was lucky to see the hose “move”.. otherwise I would be asking questions instead of sharing a story.
I made it to work without any trouble and did a quick repair during lunch. (semi half ass but functional)
On the way home the temp gage spiked to about ¾… I pulled into a gas station to give a look. The radiator appeared full and the bleed screw was only weeping a tiny amount.
I shut the car down and waited a bit. In a short while the car was cool enough to pull the radiator cap. Once again everything appeared normal. I started the engine and let it run about 30 seconds.. all of a sudden violent bust of coolant erupted from the open cap.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw the lower rad hose wiggle and move a bit (right hose). Then the hose popped back into shape.
Ahhhhh….. the hose had collapsed!
I had thought my hoses were “ok” but I guess I was wrong. I find it odd that the hose would stay collapsed with the engine off and the rad cap off. A mystery of sorts. Nevertheless its time for new hoses.
Thought I would share my odd occurrence. I think I was lucky to see the hose “move”.. otherwise I would be asking questions instead of sharing a story.