Hi firstly, thanks for an awesome forum. I used it many times researching my purchase.
I picked up a tidy little Cooper with 120K miles two weeks ago. Im happy with it, because everything works (keeping my fingers crossed with the clutch).
anyhoo, i noticed on my commute this week that i didn't have any heat from the blowers, so i checked the coolant level and there was nothing in the expansion tank, so i topped it up through the filler and did a quick bleed. (just the top two bleed-valves, on the rad hose and heater matrix hose). Heat came back, jobs good i thought.
But now i have come back to a pool of coolant under the car, and its difficult to see where from. I can’t tell if it’s the thermostat housing or the rad, or something else. What I can see is wetness on the bottom of the radiator on the right if you are looking into the engine bay over the front bumper. There is a nice pool of water on the top of the skid plates under the car too.
I think I’m going to top it up and run the engine to see if I can identify where it’s coming rom but that engine bay is tight.!
I guess I will just have to take off the bumper and cross brace and have a look….(i have no A/C BTW)
I think generally it’s on the left side of the car, so not on the water pump belt side. Got to be either thermostat housing or rad right….?
Google tells me there is a common problem with the lower left side or the radiator, but left when sitting in the car?
Thx in advance.
I picked up a tidy little Cooper with 120K miles two weeks ago. Im happy with it, because everything works (keeping my fingers crossed with the clutch).
anyhoo, i noticed on my commute this week that i didn't have any heat from the blowers, so i checked the coolant level and there was nothing in the expansion tank, so i topped it up through the filler and did a quick bleed. (just the top two bleed-valves, on the rad hose and heater matrix hose). Heat came back, jobs good i thought.
But now i have come back to a pool of coolant under the car, and its difficult to see where from. I can’t tell if it’s the thermostat housing or the rad, or something else. What I can see is wetness on the bottom of the radiator on the right if you are looking into the engine bay over the front bumper. There is a nice pool of water on the top of the skid plates under the car too.
I think I’m going to top it up and run the engine to see if I can identify where it’s coming rom but that engine bay is tight.!
I guess I will just have to take off the bumper and cross brace and have a look….(i have no A/C BTW)
I think generally it’s on the left side of the car, so not on the water pump belt side. Got to be either thermostat housing or rad right….?
Google tells me there is a common problem with the lower left side or the radiator, but left when sitting in the car?
Thx in advance.