Elliot Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Last night I went for a little drive, and pulled into a car park. The space I went into required full lock on the wheel & when I pulled in, I left the turbo timer / engine running for 2 minutes whilst I got out. Coming through the right bonnet vent was quite a lot of steam/smoke & dripping under the car was quite a lot red/brown liquid. Both the smoke & dripping stopped after about 15 minutes. I checked under the bonnet & the area most affected was the pipe coming out of the power steering tank, but there was this fluid sprayed around in the near vicinity & had puddled in the radiator tray & other areas. The parking space was on quite a steep slope downwards so I thought maybe it was the PS reservoir thingy(!) overflowing Although it did look like some had come come out I thought it more likely the hose had split but I can't see anything. I've measured the fluid this morning & it seems fine so might not even be that! Maybe it was overfilled as there was a hell of a lot on the floor! Does the fluid get really hot for any particular reason & force its way out sometimes? Anyone had any similar problems, or any idea what it might be? I don't want to drive the car if it's anything serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted January 2, 2005 Author Share Posted January 2, 2005 Nothing to do with the power steering - I had 3 litres worth of coolant missing! New radiator being fitted Tuesday hopefully! (along with new front discs & pads!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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