coolant leak?????

[Baz116]

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

[MillSpeed]

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

[RobbieRX-7]

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

[Baz116]

There\'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.

[Grizzly]

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

[MillSpeed]

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 £5 from any decent motor factor.

[Baz116]

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.

[Baz116]

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

[interloper393]

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 .. but better to sort it asap rather than wait..

[nikp]

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.

[Rixio]

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

[Baz116]

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