Holy Shit....coolant leak !!

[LittleRedWagon5]

I sprung a leak on the way home form work tonight. Nothing major, no overheating or complete loss of coolant. I smelled it and saw the steam before a catasprophe could happen. So i pull in to the local pep boys parking lot and spot a worn hose with a steady coolant stream. it loks like it popped out its clip and fell down into the fan and got worn through.

So long story short , and $ 5.28 later. I fixed it with 2 spring clamps and a 3/8 " vaccum union.


http://www.msprotege.com/members/LittleRedWagon5/coolant.jpg

http://www.msprotege.com/members/LittleRedWagon5/coolant01.jpg

[chief_wiggum]

good catch! Every once in a while i think I smell coolant...but i'm not leaving any puddles and I'm not running hot...hopefully just my imagination.

[Super Unique]

good catch! Every once in a while i think I smell coolant...but i'm not leaving any puddles and I'm not running hot...hopefully just my imagination.

This is a common failure, be sure to zip tie the new hose into position to keep it from falling out of the clip again.

This happened to my car when it was still fairly new.

[User Name]

I'm having a hard time determining which hose that is, so I can go check my car and make sure everything is a-ok. Gotta better pic for the rest of us to be able to check our cars?

[Super Unique]

it is held in place above the radiator by plastic clips.

[wisniaPl]

shit darksun had same problem so i put ziptie one mine so it will never fall and be damaged by fan.....

[BillTheCat]

Thanks for the pics & warning... just got my '09 MS3 last night. By tomorrow, I'll grab a nice black zip-tie & take care of this. Nothing like a little prevention...

[haberdashery]

same thing happened to me the other night, a disaster could have easily taken place if i hadn't caught it..

[allmotor95pgt]

same happented to my boys car not to long ago. the coolant sprayed all over his engine bay.

[LittleRedWagon5]

Seems to be all good, except for the coolant smell from the residue everywhere.

[Super Unique]

Seems to be all good, except for the coolant smell from the residue everywhere.

I had a big problem with the service provided by mazda in regards to this. It is NEVER acceptable to leave coolant residue all over the engine bay after a repair. Yet they do it consistently. I had to take mine home and thoroughly clean the engine compartment to get rid of it. Shit was EVERYWHERE under there.

[LittleRedWagon5]

Oh no I did the repair myself , I wasnt gonna take it ti the dealer for that, They probably would have given me shit for my BPV, my SRI, and the my new lower motor mount.

I just haven't had a chence to celan it , Its been raining since thursday

[pdqgp]

ditto. zip-tied mine right after I got it and read about this potential issue.


shit darksun had same problem so i put ziptie one mine so it will never fall and be damaged by fan.....

[dkswim]

by the way to who asked that apperes to be in front of the cold pipe of the IC

[DaleNixon]

Any pics or a guide on how to find this and zip tie it? I don't want my baby spraying herself! (sick)

[duy856]

any pics of the finished fix? this just happened to me. i got scared

[LittleRedWagon5]

Stand-by

[duy856]

thank you :]