Just the other day I took my Honda Accord to a local shop and got my radiator flushed. The next day my radiator was spilling and gushing coolant. I took it back the the shop and they said it was probably the cap. The guy at the Advance auto changed the cap and the radiator is still gushing. The guy at the shop-where I took my car- said it may be cracked. But for the low price of 300 some dollars he could fix it. But when they flushed the radiator the day before shouldn't they have caught this??? I think it is IRONIC that now I have a possible crack in my radiator after they just flushed it the day before? What should I do?
2007-02-05 01:18:43 · 8 answers · asked by Lawyer22 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
Its leaking. Try using some stop-leak, or some metal paste that will stop up the holes.
2007-02-05 01:26:16 · answer #1 · answered by Runa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be ironic, but it would help if you were a bit more specific and a lot less artistic in your description of the difficulty. From just _where_ was the coolant "gushing?" If it was leaking from around the cap, then the cap could have been at fault, but otherwise, not. If there is a 'crack' (unusual for radiators, but it can happen, I suppose) then the coolant would have been leaking from the crack.
My guess is that you took your car to a firm of incompetents who did not know how to properly bleed the air out of the radiator and tried to compensate by overfilling the thing. But why did you decide to have the radiator 'flushed' in the first place?
This is a great opportunity to start learning about how cars work. I think you'll find that it's easy to attain a level of understanding that far exceeds that of the people you've been taking advice from thus far.
In the meantime, go back to Advance Auto Parts and buy a repair manual for your car, and then read it and the owner's manual. Drive the car gently and check the level of the coolant every quarter mile or so until it's clear that it isn't going to drain out completely. Then use the repair manual to help you inspect the cooling system and the rest of the car. It's not as hard as you'd imagine.
Was the engine running, or not?
2007-02-05 01:39:17 · answer #2 · answered by 2n2222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 09:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be a collapsed coolant hose. That would cause the coolant to gush out because the water pump is trying to circulate the coolant, but the collapsed hose is stopping it. The fact that you had the radiator flushed, is the clue.
2007-02-05 01:31:31 · answer #4 · answered by billy brite 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have the hoses checked, can you tell where it is coming from? That would be a big clue as to what the problem is. If in fact it is cracked, dont get it from Advanced auto. There are places that will repair it for $100 or so. If you cant find a repair shop have it pressure checked at a shop.
2007-02-05 01:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by batmango66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to another mechanic for a 2nd opinion. preferably one you can trust. I hate to say it but there are crooks out there that just WAIT for a woman to bring a car in to work on it. Maybe you can ask someone with mechanical knowlege what they think is wrong with it.
2007-02-05 01:27:57 · answer #6 · answered by SGT. D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mechanics are more crooked than cops. Get a few more estimates.
2007-02-05 03:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they didnt fix it. you are a lawyer so obviously you dont notice the obvious.
2007-02-05 01:30:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋