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Hi folks, hopefully everyone had a great holiday season.
Looking for some advice, as I was driving the RRC to work the other day, I noticed a faint smell of coolant followed a few minutes later the coolant light.
I pulled over under a street light (it's winter, it's dark and I go to work early) opened the hood to notice what seemed like a minor coolant leak coming from somewhere. I quickly checked the overflow to make sure it wasn't emptied.
Since I still had coolant in there (although lower now) I made the decision to take it back home and take the (don't kill me) Jeep Patriot (the series is being worked on otherwise....).
It started up again fine, I drove home, parked it. Later in the evening I took out the trouble light (it's winter, it's dark still) as I wanted to see if maybe the upper hose had a pinhole leak or perhaps a hose clamp or somewhere around the thermostat etc........
but.....I couldn't get it started again. It just "clicked". There was a light soaking of coolant on the top side of the engine compartment but not excessive. Some of the leads had coolant residue, coil is dry, dizzy cap seemed to be dry. Alternator had coolant on it, starter and all leads seemed good (btw: starter was rebuilt about 2 months ago and has been working great), battery tests good and isn't soaked with coolant.
The overflow tank still has some but very little coolant in it. Could there be something with the coolant sensor that would prohibit starting? I didn't want to fill it up as I just want to start the truck and see if I could spot where the leak was coming from.
No drips from underneath either.
Any suggestions or has anyone had this happen to them?
Cheers,
Thom
Looking for some advice, as I was driving the RRC to work the other day, I noticed a faint smell of coolant followed a few minutes later the coolant light.
I pulled over under a street light (it's winter, it's dark and I go to work early) opened the hood to notice what seemed like a minor coolant leak coming from somewhere. I quickly checked the overflow to make sure it wasn't emptied.
Since I still had coolant in there (although lower now) I made the decision to take it back home and take the (don't kill me) Jeep Patriot (the series is being worked on otherwise....).
It started up again fine, I drove home, parked it. Later in the evening I took out the trouble light (it's winter, it's dark still) as I wanted to see if maybe the upper hose had a pinhole leak or perhaps a hose clamp or somewhere around the thermostat etc........
but.....I couldn't get it started again. It just "clicked". There was a light soaking of coolant on the top side of the engine compartment but not excessive. Some of the leads had coolant residue, coil is dry, dizzy cap seemed to be dry. Alternator had coolant on it, starter and all leads seemed good (btw: starter was rebuilt about 2 months ago and has been working great), battery tests good and isn't soaked with coolant.
The overflow tank still has some but very little coolant in it. Could there be something with the coolant sensor that would prohibit starting? I didn't want to fill it up as I just want to start the truck and see if I could spot where the leak was coming from.
No drips from underneath either.
Any suggestions or has anyone had this happen to them?
Cheers,
Thom
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