Went to london on sunday to pick up my dad from heathrow airport. Did the usual checks, oil, water, tires, put petrol in and off i went.
Got to london in good time, but then got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic near the airport when i noticed steam coming from the bonnet, temperature was on the usual 90, but steam was flooding from the bonnet!
i seriously crapped myself, but couldnt pull over anywhere so put the heating on full blast to take pressure off the radiator.
Was stuck in the traffic for 45 mins before getting to the carpark, check the car and the water in the tank had totally gone! and noticed that the lid on the tank was not fully shut, so looks like the water had evaporated and steamed out through the gap! DOH!
once it cooled down i poured 3 1litre bottles of buxons finest mineral water to sort it out!
Journey home was totally fine.
Anyone else done that? i swear if i didnt notice the steam and did journey back without topping up the water, i think i would have blown up the radiator for sure!
Got to london in good time, but then got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic near the airport when i noticed steam coming from the bonnet, temperature was on the usual 90, but steam was flooding from the bonnet!
i seriously crapped myself, but couldnt pull over anywhere so put the heating on full blast to take pressure off the radiator.
Was stuck in the traffic for 45 mins before getting to the carpark, check the car and the water in the tank had totally gone! and noticed that the lid on the tank was not fully shut, so looks like the water had evaporated and steamed out through the gap! DOH!
once it cooled down i poured 3 1litre bottles of buxons finest mineral water to sort it out!
Journey home was totally fine.
Anyone else done that? i swear if i didnt notice the steam and did journey back without topping up the water, i think i would have blown up the radiator for sure!
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