Ugh. This flippin' car is CURSED I tell you!

OK. So all the problems from the “Fat Lady” email were being caused by a bad crimp on the grey/red wire going to the MAF. So, I went out and test-drove the car. Drives great, idles fine, no CELs, no DSC error lights.

I’m all happy that the car’s doing well and I pull into the alley behind my house and as I go over the curb I gear a noise. I just chalked it up to a rock in the alley or something...

Only, when I get back to the garage, there’s water leaking! From the radiator near the lower radiator hose! (right side lower)

Since the NC is so jam-packed in that area, it’s hard to tell where the leak is coming from, but I don’t think it’s a hose. The only coolant hose on that side of the radiator that I disturbed was the one going to the remote resevoir, and it’s not leaking from there...the leak is further down.

So I felt the lower rad hose....it’s not wet, and theres no running water on it, even though it’s still leaking.

So, I can only conclude that something caused a failure in the radiator or right where the lower hose meets it failed(where I can’t get my hand on it)....So.. Now it looks like I have it pull the radiator to inspect it for problems. Strangely enough, I never got close to the radiator while removing the engine to have caused any damage, and I tested the car Saturday and yesterday and had no leakage issues.

OY!

Ugh.  This flippin' car is CURSED I tell you!


OK.  So all the problems from the “Fat Lady” email were being caused by a bad crimp on the grey/red wire going to the MAF.  So, I went out and test-drove the car.  Drives great, idles fine, no CELs, no DSC error lights.
 
I’m all happy that the car’s doing well and I pull into the alley behind my house and as I go over the curb I gear a noise.  I just chalked it up to a rock in the alley or something...

Only, when I get back to the garage, there’s water leaking!  From the radiator near the lower radiator hose! (right side lower)

Since the NC is so jam-packed in that area, it’s hard to tell where the leak is coming from, but I don’t think it’s a hose.  The only coolant hose on that side of the radiator that I disturbed was the one going to the remote resevoir, and it’s not leaking from there...the leak is further down.

So I felt the lower rad hose....it’s not wet, and theres no running water on it, even though it’s still leaking.

So, I can only conclude that something caused a failure in the radiator or right where the lower hose meets it failed(where I can’t get my hand on it)....So..  Now it looks like I have it pull the radiator to inspect it for problems.  Strangely enough, I never got close to the radiator while removing the engine to have caused any damage, and I tested the car Saturday and yesterday and had no leakage issues.

OY!