Hey fellow members this is my first thread, I have a mint 1985 325e, unfortunately she just got hit and am waiting for a quote from the insurance and body shop :(, but before then I was having some kind of cooling system issue. Here it is.
After attending my local Sunday cars and coffee I had just parked her out front and a couple hours later I went outside to be greeted by over a gallon of coolant in my driveway. Not sure what had happened I refilled her, bled her, and checked for a leak, nothing. No more dramatic leak. What I was left with was a leak when my car would be turned off. It wouldn't leak when the car was running but only after she had been parked. After driving and parking I was always met with a small puddle of coolant under. Eventually after taking a further look near the thermostat I un-did some hoses and found nothing promising and after re attaching and bleeding no more leak of any kind. (1 month in)
This had happened once before where she had been overheating a little bit and a small leak had happened after turning off (months ago).
Any ideas? I was thinking about something heating up expanding and contracting causing the leak, but now the leaks been gone???
P.S my bleeder screw is stripped and if anyone has any ideas on bleeding her better in the future plz lmk. Much Appreciated Garrett E30.
After attending my local Sunday cars and coffee I had just parked her out front and a couple hours later I went outside to be greeted by over a gallon of coolant in my driveway. Not sure what had happened I refilled her, bled her, and checked for a leak, nothing. No more dramatic leak. What I was left with was a leak when my car would be turned off. It wouldn't leak when the car was running but only after she had been parked. After driving and parking I was always met with a small puddle of coolant under. Eventually after taking a further look near the thermostat I un-did some hoses and found nothing promising and after re attaching and bleeding no more leak of any kind. (1 month in)
This had happened once before where she had been overheating a little bit and a small leak had happened after turning off (months ago).
Any ideas? I was thinking about something heating up expanding and contracting causing the leak, but now the leaks been gone???
P.S my bleeder screw is stripped and if anyone has any ideas on bleeding her better in the future plz lmk. Much Appreciated Garrett E30.
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