Just cruising by to say hi

[STEPHANI]

Hi thought it was time to join the club since my Cruiser has hit 470,000, although she is not feeling well today,, she throwing up coolant.

 

[clivehorridge]

Hi Stephani, welcome to the forum! It's nice to see a few more ladies joining up, we had Natalia from Russia join recently too!

What's your cruiser and year, any pics handy, we love 'em.

Guessing it's a petrol auto, but that's not such a cert these days....

 

[STEPHANI]

its a 97, I will dig up some photos. It does run on Petrol and Ive had it for approximately 14 plus years.

 

[clivehorridge]

Sounds great! Any ideas why she's loosing coolant? Doesn't sound good to me, if the coolant is getting pressurized, sounds like the head gasket gone, or a cracked / warped cylinder head...

Repairable (replaceable) but none of it good news...

 

[STEPHANI]

Doesn't look like the radiator is loosing any coolant, it is towards the center of the car..so possibly a hose or worse

 

[StarCruiser]

If it's leaking onto the ground, the rear heater if fitted has been known to have leaking pipes after some time. The rear heater is under the drivers seat on a UK model.

 

[STEPHANI]

ok, wow, that could be bad...Im waiting to hear back on the diagnosis..

 

[clivehorridge]

TBH, if it's not coming from the radiator, it's better news.

Leaking heater hoses or a core plug are much easier to repair than a cracked cylinder head.

Let's see what the investigation reveals, don't give up!

 

[StarCruiser]

If it's the rear heater pipes leaking, it's very easy to disconnect them. Just don't let it lose water and ruin the engine by driving it. You won't, I know, it's just worth saying.

 

[clivehorridge]

If it's the rear heater pipes, it's very easy to disconnect.

Or repair.... I'd be lost without my rear heater, at -20C, I can keep my rear passengers' feet toasty and still be able to breathe in the front!

 

[Sag]

Hi and welcome.
As said above if it's the rear heater pipes really easy to replace with rubber piping as I did mine.

 

[tonytoyota]

Hi Stephani welcome let's have pics from Tony

 

[STEPHANI]

heater control valve and heater hoses were the issue!

 

[StarCruiser]

if they WERE the issue, can we rejoice in their fixing?

 

[clivehorridge]

heater control valve and heater hoses were the issue!

Great!

Easy fix and no worries about the engine, woo hoo!

Now you can concentrate on posting us some photos