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Old 03-02-2010, 09:09 PM   #1
harriman
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Default Coolant leaking, idle overheat.

Hey guys,

I think I found a couple threads about this but just wanted to make sure.

So we just drove home from 8hr car ride non stop. I let the woman out for bathroom break, about 10 min. I noticed that my temps was in the higher 3/4 part of the gauge. As soon as we started to drive the temp dropped to twelve o'clock. I suspect that the car is leaking something, oil/ coolant/ power steering fluid, so i park it in the garage for a few days. I go out there today and notice 2 things. 1) There is a small amount of coolant leaking from the bottom right of the radiator. 2) The power steering hose/ reservoir seems to be leaking.

After searching the forum I found 2 things.

1) The two important plastic pieces to replace

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthrea...adiator&page=2

and

2) It might be time for a new radiator? car has about 175k miles.. not sure about this one. could it possible be a hose that is leaking?


What do you guys think? Is there anything else I should replace such as the thermostat as I'm replacing the radiator?

as of recently i have replaced:

gasket between engine block and oil filter housing, was leaking

drive shaft bearing

guido

steering wheel lock/ignition switch (dealer did that one)

o2 sensors

mas air flow sensor

muffler

cat

all oem and all thanks to this forum

Thanks guys

-Harri
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