bustednutz
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Virginia Beach
Well it got down to -6 here last night. And the XJ was parked outside in it.
I hit my remote starter this morning, came down 15 minutes later to find coolant dripping. Popped the hood and it was leaking out of the radiator cap. The temp gauge didn't even get hot. Was actually below normal. So I thought I had a bad radiator cap. Went to NAPA, got a new one. Temps were fine all the way home. But NO HEAT inside car. Then....I got to my hill. Its a short but very steep one. Got it to the driveway and the temp gauge was pegged to the max. Coolant was blowing fast and furious out of the cooling overflow bottle. Still no heat. Pulled it into my heated garage (girlfriend had it last night) and let it cool. About an hour later I went and refilled the coolant. Drove it to my mechanic and all was fine on that trip. Temp gauge was perfect and I actually started getting a fair amount of heat. Needless to say, I left it with him to check over today. He thinks based on what happened that the coolant froze up on me. But I'll know more later. I changed the coolant last summer with what I thought to be a 50/50 blend. Blended it myself. Perhaps I had more water then coolant in the system.
Any thoughts?
I hit my remote starter this morning, came down 15 minutes later to find coolant dripping. Popped the hood and it was leaking out of the radiator cap. The temp gauge didn't even get hot. Was actually below normal. So I thought I had a bad radiator cap. Went to NAPA, got a new one. Temps were fine all the way home. But NO HEAT inside car. Then....I got to my hill. Its a short but very steep one. Got it to the driveway and the temp gauge was pegged to the max. Coolant was blowing fast and furious out of the cooling overflow bottle. Still no heat. Pulled it into my heated garage (girlfriend had it last night) and let it cool. About an hour later I went and refilled the coolant. Drove it to my mechanic and all was fine on that trip. Temp gauge was perfect and I actually started getting a fair amount of heat. Needless to say, I left it with him to check over today. He thinks based on what happened that the coolant froze up on me. But I'll know more later. I changed the coolant last summer with what I thought to be a 50/50 blend. Blended it myself. Perhaps I had more water then coolant in the system.
Any thoughts?