Cracked Radiator going over speed bump
this is how low my car is, i went over the speed bump and then bam all of a sudden im seeing a trail of antifreeze, i get home and find where its coming from directly under my radiator, is it possiable i cracked it from being so low, or was this under pressure? wouldnt my hoses been the first to go? well i go on monday to get it fixed but i still have places to go like tomorrow not to far, and monday to work and then rigght after to get it fixed, is it safe to drive my car for short periods of time
Was probably old/fatigued and the bump just exploited a crack that was already semi there. I wouldn't drive it. It will overheat pretty quick with out coolant and your fan would just burn itself out constantly running to try to cool down coolant that isn't there. Call a taxi, walk, ride a bike, or take the bus if you have to be places.
EDIT: Btw, is your front wheel really fu*king bent or is that just the picture?
EDIT: Btw, is your front wheel really fu*king bent or is that just the picture?
Was probably old/fatigued and the bump just exploited a crack that was already semi there. I wouldn't drive it. It will overheat pretty quick with out coolant and your fan would just burn itself out constantly running to try to cool down coolant that isn't there. Call a taxi, walk, ride a bike, or take the bus if you have to be places.
EDIT: Btw, is your front wheel really fu*king bent or is that just the picture?
EDIT: Btw, is your front wheel really fu*king bent or is that just the picture?
i almost dont want to drive it, ****
i just am confused when it started leaking today because i was getting on it going up a hill. and then finally arrived to my destination i was waiting to park so i backed up a little noticing a small trail of leaking anti-freeze ...right before that i hit a large speed bump that made a ugly scratch noise. ive done it before, so it just confuses me that today my **** starts to leak, but like i asked, if it was a bad water pump wouldnt my hoses exploded ...cuz my car wasnt over heatin....
If your water pump went out your car would just over heat and eventually the rad cap would release coolant into the overflow tank and it would boil over. I can't think of any situation that would cause your coolant hoses to explode other than maybe a welded shut radiator and a broken water pump. The coolant would expand and look for the easiest way out of the system which would then be the coolant hoses because the overflow tank would be taken out of the equation.
If your water pump went out your car would just over heat and eventually the rad cap would release coolant into the overflow tank and it would boil over. I can't think of any situation that would cause your coolant hoses to explode other than maybe a welded shut radiator and a broken water pump. The coolant would expand and look for the easiest way out of the system which would then be the coolant hoses because the overflow tank would be taken out of the equation.
now im really not going over speed bumps no more.
you kno what i hate, when im trying to crawl over the bumps or dips i get tail-gated."cars get all on my ***" and im a defensive driver i almost get offended....i didnt "slam" my car either its at a decent height and handles really good
Mine scrapes everything because it was low to begin with and after I put the special projects motorsports splitter on the deal was pretty much sealed. I setup my rear wiper fluid sprayer to spray cars behind me that tailgate. Pretty entertaining to watch. I go sideways and crawl over speed bumps.
Mine scrapes everything because it was low to begin with and after I put the special projects motorsports splitter on the deal was pretty much sealed. I setup my rear wiper fluid sprayer to spray cars behind me that tailgate. Pretty entertaining to watch. I go sideways and crawl over speed bumps.
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