S2000 Under The Hood S2000 Technical and Mechanical discussions.

coolant on the garage floor

Thread Tools
 
Old 07-24-2013, 01:14 PM
  #1  
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
street_ruler's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,785
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default coolant on the garage floor

in washington its been rather hot the last week or two. I dont drive the s2k often but i did last week because it has AC.

when i pulled out of the garage i noticed that theres a (what i ballpark) to be about 1/3rd of a cup of bright green coolant sitting on the garage floor. question is, do we have a weep hole or some axillary pressure relief device in the cars cooling system? I didnt glance at the overflow tank to check, which i should have...but i didnt...to see if the tank was full to the gills or not.

I swear ive seen this before on different cars. can anyone confirm this is normal for hot das? also i presume that it will only happen once since the level of coolant will be slightly lower from now on causing less pressure in the system. thats unless it goes from hot to bloody hot overnight.
Old 07-24-2013, 01:27 PM
  #2  
Registered User

 
johnzal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 229
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

I've driven my car where days are 100f and higher with the ac..I would of notice green liquid .. Shit its 99 right now .. never seen it leak anything.. I only park in my garage.. I know my civic my leak water from ac condensation.

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
Old 07-24-2013, 02:34 PM
  #3  
Registered User
 
BLAQ&GREYs2k's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 597
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default

Most water pumps are designed with a weep hole. The sole purpose of the weep hole is to indicate a failure of the WP shaft seal. Just to be sure, get a cooling system pressure tester and apply 15psi to the radiator cap. Search for leaks. Or, just slap on a new WP and hope it fixes it.
Old 08-09-2013, 02:44 PM
  #4  
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
street_ruler's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,785
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

follow up on this...

as of now, it looks like tis the coolant hose under the throttle body leaking a little. theres some buildup and some liquid trails.
Old 08-10-2013, 10:23 AM
  #5  
Registered User
 
BLAQ&GREYs2k's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 597
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default

Originally Posted by street_ruler
follow up on this...

as of now, it looks like tis the coolant hose under the throttle body leaking a little. theres some buildup and some liquid trails.
Thats good news. A hose is A LOT cheaper than a WP.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
yorkies2k
UK & Ireland S2000 Community
4
11-15-2013 11:24 PM
DSKC
S2000 Forced Induction
25
06-22-2008 10:42 PM
DSKC
California - Central California & Sacramento
18
06-20-2008 10:32 PM
johnbuck
UK & Ireland S2000 Community
4
07-27-2007 04:02 AM
warpspeed
S2000 Under The Hood
1
04-09-2001 11:25 AM



Quick Reply: coolant on the garage floor



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 08:33 AM.