Our 2016 Colorado 7 overheated today as my wife entered a shopping centre car park, so parked straight away.
The overflow bottle was empty, so she filled up with coolant and drove 100km home. Once home coolant level seemed to be the same but we noticed the driver's side carpet is now soaking wet?
Any mechanics out there know how this can happen?
Definitely sounds like a heater core issue to me also. They can be a real b!tch to access. Could be as simple as a loose fitting that needs tightening or a complete core replacement which may or may not require the dashboard to come out.
I recall spending a lotof time replacing a heater valve in a 74 model car. Was not fun nor easy but at least there wasnt much to remove to get to it.
If its a heater core id imagine its one of the first bits installed to the interior and EVERYTHING is on top of it and will probaly have to remove the entire dash. Will be lucky if you can get to much of it to inspect without removing a fair few trim panels.
I'd be surprised if any coolant would be flowing through the heater core. Its barely the end of summer in Australia.
I know that before air conditioning cars had heaters. And even after they had a/c that could be set to off/low/high. But with "climate control" - ie you just set the temperature you want - do they still?
Just reread OP. I assumed they found coolant in the foot well. It could just be water.
Was the car just washed op?
not recently cleaned and has not rained for a while here either. It has a coolant smell to it too.
Only recently used the heater for the first time as we bought the car 3 months ago so could that have anythign to do with it?
We have the Presidian warranty, so I am hoping what ever it is is covered but not holding my breath.
There's no heater valve these days. Coolant is always going through the heater core. Air flow through the core is controlled instead. It's much more reliable.
noticed the drivers side carpet is now soaking wet?
air con/heating leak?
Any mechanics out there know how this can happen?
Yes, call one tomorrow.
Better off calling the scrap yards to come pick it up.
Peed her pants?
Saw he 'ex' whilst driving home?
Then she remembered the lip gloss…
Why isn’t anyone asking why the shops are 100km from home. Am I the only one wanting answers on that?
I live regional and all the major shops are >100km away for me. Not unusual for non city folk.
It's Australia, sometimes people don't live near things.
lol, yes, she had some appointments to go to in Adelaide, I live 100km (1.5 hrs) away which is not really that far in the big scheme of things.
You wouldn’t believe it, but Redriven just answered this in a used car review on the Colardo Ute.
Listen from 12:10, and they mention “some owners experience the antenna leaking - the problem with this is it runs down the A pillar, down the inside of the firewall, and pools in the drivers footwell”
thanks for that but I believe it is coolant, and not rain/car wash recenlty
Coolant can have a sort of greasy feel that water will not have. Try blotting with paper towel to check for colour as well.
smells like coolant and does have a slight greasy feel to it.
RIP, those poxy vm motori engines hate being overheated.
Are you saying she filled the overflow bottle with coolant and not the radiator? I'd bet the radiator is mostly empty and she was lucky to get home without it overheating again. Coolant enters the overflow as it heats and expands and gets siphoned out of the overflow as it cools back down. If your radiator is full of air this can't happen, nor if there is a big leak and it is able to suck in air instead.
Best thing to do would have been wait several hours until it was cool, then open the radiator cap and assess. Definitely don't do this while hot. If you have lost a lot of coolant, fill it up with water. No use putting coolant in it when you have a big leak.
Probably heater core as others said. Take it to a mechanic.
there is no radiator cap in the Colorado 7, just the overflow bottle. She had an appointment to go to so it was a couple hours before she put more coolant in.
Car now towed to mechanic to fix and next comes the arguing over who will pay for the repair - Car Yard (purchased <3 months ago but have done $10,000 km since then), extended warranty I bought or me (lets face it, probably me).
Sounds like a leak in the heater core or piping