Another post on an overheating Outback (1998, 2.5 litre).
This is the first time I've ever had a problem...
- Turned into my street tonight and notice temperature guage had climbed to its hotest limit (wasn't like that a minute or two ago).
- Pulled into drive a few hundred metres away. There was coolant dripping from the tray under the engine. On inspection, it turned out the overflow reservoir had filled itself up and overflowed.
- Left car ignition on for a few minutes to let the thermatic fan cool things down.
- Checked reservoir again. It was empty. Carefully touched radiator. It was cool to touch. Carefully removed radiator cap. Couldn't see any coolant in there (at least it was very low).
There aren't any obvious leaky pipes or joints. What's happening here??? Why did my reservoir overflow one minute then such dry the next when there apparently wasn't much coolant in the radiator in the first place. Reservoir level was normal when I checked it a week or so back.
Cheers Glenn Glenn Pure Canberra, Australia Web page: