So the other morning it was about 9 degrees, so I let my 91 warm up in the driveway for about 15-20 minutes. I come out to leave and there are two sizeable puddles of coolant underneath, one under the passenger and one under the driver side, with steady drips still coming down. I shut it down and let it cool off and sit for a couple days until I could take a closer look.
I cannot for the life of me find a glaring leak now. It looked like it was near the radiator, and that was where it was wet. Dried it off and cleaned it up, and now I can’t get it to leak again. I let it sit in the driveway idling for a good half hour, confirmed the thermostat opened up and it wasn’t overheating, and no leak, at least to the ground. The radiator is also topped off. Cap is ~6 months old.
The only thing I can find that I’m not even sure is an issue, were these wet spots on both radiator tanks, near the inner seams. They will pop up while its idling, then sort of dry themselves up. This is what I’m talking about:
There were a handful that would show up and disappear, on both tanks. Could the tanks both be cracked at this seam from the cold? I’m not a fan of just replacing things arbitrarily hoping they fix the issue without understanding it.
tl;dr: XJ dumped coolant when super cold out, now it’s not. Does my photo look like a cracked radiator tank?
Thanks.
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I cannot for the life of me find a glaring leak now. It looked like it was near the radiator, and that was where it was wet. Dried it off and cleaned it up, and now I can’t get it to leak again. I let it sit in the driveway idling for a good half hour, confirmed the thermostat opened up and it wasn’t overheating, and no leak, at least to the ground. The radiator is also topped off. Cap is ~6 months old.
The only thing I can find that I’m not even sure is an issue, were these wet spots on both radiator tanks, near the inner seams. They will pop up while its idling, then sort of dry themselves up. This is what I’m talking about:
There were a handful that would show up and disappear, on both tanks. Could the tanks both be cracked at this seam from the cold? I’m not a fan of just replacing things arbitrarily hoping they fix the issue without understanding it.
tl;dr: XJ dumped coolant when super cold out, now it’s not. Does my photo look like a cracked radiator tank?
Thanks.
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