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Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: Baz116 on September 28, 2006, 07:28:36 PM

hi, just been out in 3rd gen (just bought it yesterday, is under warranty).
went out for a drive nothing too silly, turned the car off and went to get something out of the boot. After two or three minutes there was a noise coming from the engine bay so i opened it up and had a look. There was coolant dripping out from underneath the car with a noise coming from the coolant tank behind the drivers side headlight. After two or three further minutes the noise stopped and the coolant stopped falling from the car.
When i put teh keys back in the ignition the add coolant light was on and there was a beeping noise.
Is this normal? If not what do you think is wrong and advise?
At no point did i see the temp gauge rise past about a 1/3 on the standard gauge.
Regards,
Baz

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: MillSpeed on September 28, 2006, 08:03:15 PM

Change your AST cap first as last. There\'s loads of threads on this subject.

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: RobbieRX-7 on September 28, 2006, 08:03:59 PM

I reckon its got a leak:) It not normal to have a leak on the engine.

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: Baz116 on September 28, 2006, 09:45:23 PM

Quote from: MillSpeedThere\'s loads of threads on this subject.

have read through alot of the threads but still unsure. i`m going to ring wgt up tomorrow and get it booked in, to be on the safe side.
thanks

haven`t even had her 24 hours...:( gutted.

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: Grizzly on September 28, 2006, 10:18:37 PM

Could be something realy simple like a bad cap but you are better to be safe than sorry.

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: MillSpeed on September 28, 2006, 10:23:22 PM

If you\'re getting boiling noises from the engine and coolant getting pushed out of the expansion tank then before you start worrying about re-builds, get yourself a new AST cap.....about Â£5 from any decent motor factor.

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: Baz116 on October 02, 2006, 07:06:35 PM

cheers guys. Seems to be fine now, think some1 over filled the coolant when it had its MOT just before i bought her.
Goin to WGT on sat for a check up.
regards
Baz.

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: Baz116 on October 10, 2006, 07:52:05 PM

Seems to be fine now, had it checked at wgt and got the ok. It had just been over filled!!!! And there i was panicing!!! :p

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: interloper393 on October 10, 2006, 08:07:26 PM

new underpants for you then lol.. its a bugger when stuff like this happens lol, great when it turns out to be nothing tho.. wish i had your luck :P .. but better to sort it asap rather than wait..

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: nikp on October 11, 2006, 10:03:43 AM

Don\'t trust the standard gauge for signs of heating up: they don\'t move until the temperature reaches 119 degrees, which by that point, it\'s far too late. Either get a power FC or an after market temp gauge to monitor your temperatures.

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: Rixio on October 11, 2006, 02:12:49 PM

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30047

:)

Title: coolant leak?????
Post by: Baz116 on October 11, 2006, 05:47:06 PM

thanks guys, the list of "TO DOs" just keeps getting bigger, unfortunatly my wallet doesn`t!! :cheers

Mazda Rotary Club

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