Sh*t myself

elise82 · Post by **elise82** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:39 pm

Thought car was steaming for a split second this morning. Idiot

Drove car to work today on what was the first hard frost of the season where I live. Took a good 6 or 7 mins for the car to reach 70 degrees C and the heater had been on the whole time pointing at the windscreen.

All of a sudden the car filled with vapour (think that is the term, same as when you see your breathe on a cold day). Not just a little but masses. Open the window and turned fan off and after about 10 seconds was clear.

Must have just been the right temp between air/heater/windscreen. Has this happened to anyone else?

Post by **Shug** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:43 pm

Could be a little leak in the heater matrix. Mine does this - gives me a short sauna when it heats up and is then fine. Loses negligible water, but enough to do that - take it you got the sweet niff of coolant when it happened?

elise82 · Post by **elise82** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:11 pm

Not sure. There was a slight smell of dampness. Not 100% sure of the smell of coolant, I'll go and sniff some solvents this evening to check.

I'll check car over for this.

EliseR · Post by **EliseR** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:18 pm

elise82 wrote:Thought car was steaming for a split second this morning. Idiot

Drove car to work today on what was the first hard frost of the season where I live. Took a good 6 or 7 mins for the car to reach 70 degrees C and the heater had been on the whole time pointing at the windscreen.

All of a sudden the car filled with vapour (think that is the term, same as when you see your breathe on a cold day). Not just a little but masses. Open the window and turned fan off and after about 10 seconds was clear.

Must have just been the right temp between air/heater/windscreen. Has this happened to anyone else?

Happened to my 2 week old car in Glasgow, first the smell and a minute later, lots and lots of steam / hot water sprayed onto my windscreen. Radiator Connection was loose apparently! I too sh1t myself.

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:32 am

stop smoking that would do it

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:33 am

actually I believe it is something to do with cold air on the hot water in the radiator which is positioned in the bonnet

happens all the time

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:37 pm

The rad won't be hot until the thermostat opens...

Coolant stinks, you'd know the smell.

I get a better show than that the heat wrapped exhaust soaks up the rain then when you start the car you get a pillar of steam for about 5 mins. Put the heater on and the windscreen mists up instantly too. Can see infront or behind...

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