radiator hose clipped..

[camus04STi]

hey,

so i'm just shy of the 50k mark on my '04. I was driving along the
highway last night and noticed some smoke and a funny smell coming
into the car, paid no mind to it. Later, stopped at Dunkin' to get
some coffee, i hear a pop and then sizzle sounds, it realize
something burst and is leaking. I pull up to the drive way and
inspect under the hood,
I find splash/stains over the coolant reservoir, can't explain those,
but squeezing around I see that the top most hose to the radiator is
clipped on the side facing the fan. any ideas of what can be causing
my radiator hose to get clipped by the fan?

 

[kothog]

hey,

so i'm just shy of the 50k mark on my '04. I was driving along the
highway last night and noticed some smoke and a funny smell coming
into the car, paid no mind to it. Later, stopped at Dunkin' to get
some coffee, i hear a pop and then sizzle sounds, it realize
something burst and is leaking. I pull up to the drive way and
inspect under the hood,
I find splash/stains over the coolant reservoir, can't explain those,
but squeezing around I see that the top most hose to the radiator is
clipped on the side facing the fan. any ideas of what can be causing
my radiator hose to get clipped by the fan?

On the '04 STi, there's the possibility that the flexible radiator hose just
under the plastic, flattened air intake on the left hand side of the engine
compartment (when looking at it head-on) has had a hole rubbed in it. In
the stock part, there's an extra sleeve in there to protect it, but the
real fix is to get the superseded part replaced with the shorter hose that
superseded it so it's not rubbing against the hot metal radiator line.

At high speeds the vibration and heat *will* eventually generate a hole
right through the extra sleeve and through the hose. The leak will travel
down the hot metal rad line to the dip *right above* the electric radiator
fan, which will atomise the fluid all over the interior of the engine
compartment.

In your case, it's likely not the radiator fan clipping the hose.. anyway,
have the above problem checked out even if your problem turned out to be
something different.


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