Disaster Averted...... I hope

[Quinnyii]

Hi All,

I was driving to work this afternoon in the school time peak period. Whilst at a standstill I noticed what i thought was smoke coming from the car in front of me, i glanced down at my temperature gauage - how wrong was I.

The guage was reading about 1/8 higher than it usually does so i pulled over, opened the bonnet where I noticed a very wet engine bay. One of the cooling hoses had come off the top of the thermostat - not good. So after reconnecting the hose to the top of the themostat, and securing the clip ( no what i would call an easy job) i topped up the system with water and headed off to find some coolant - 500m trip.

Bleed the system and all seems to be fine- temperature reading pefect now.

So the big question - what would have caused the hose to come off? and is there anything else i should be checking?

I only had the car serviced yesterday and I am really hoping that they just did not put the hose on properly.

The car is a 2001 v8 auto.

Cheers
Quinny

[hook]

Hi All,

I only had the car serviced yesterday and I am really hoping that they just did not put the hose on properly.

The car is a 2001 v8 auto.

Cheers
Quinny

Maybe take it back to them and see if they left if off???

My Falcon was in a workshop once, they left the relay of of the elec fans,
They were lucky I sore the temp raising, and did not cook the motor.
Why I do my own work.:twisted:

[wilber]

Don't know why they would mess with hoses during a normal service. Could be a coincidence or maybe they just disturbed it. Seems no harm was done but a pain anyway.

[Quinnyii]

Wilber,

I know what you mean when you say it would be unusual for the hoses to be played with during a normal (minor) service. But if i knew that they had played with it, my mind would be at rest as i could almoast certainly rule out another cause.

Anyway i am sure time will tell if there is another cause, hopefully not whilst I am out of Brisbane.

Cheers Quinny