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01-26-2007, 05:09 PM | #1 |
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Mystery Leak
PHANTOM LEAK
2006, 2.5i, MT, 25k. So I leave for the west coast on Wednesday morning from DC. I drive straight, aside from stopping for bathroom or fuel. Total gear weight is about 250lbs and two mt bikes on roof, clearly not heavy. I arrive in AZ on Thursday night, also arriving with me is a SPIKE in my TEMP GAUGE (whew, thankfully I noticed the gauge) followed by me pulling over and noticing that there is no coolant in the reservoir and none visible in the radiator. As I stopped for fuel every couple hundred miles I checked the oil and the coolant and they were always within acceptable ranges. Now, the temp indicator never went into the red, thankfully. So I resort to filling it with whatever water I had. I had no coolant available. Thankfully the radiator only took about ½ gallon, so it was not empty. I filled the reservoir all the way up and then went to a quickmart to buy coolant. 50/50 premixed, which the dealer claims is ok for use after I explained what I’d done. NEXT DAY at the dealer. Explain to them exactly what you read above. Dealer says “ok, we’ll check it out” Dealer calls me in an hour, come and get it………Nothing is wrong. I’m like “huh, there was coolant all over the place and you’re telling me it’s all good?” Yep. They said they pressure tested it and it was cool. They also checked the cap. It was cool. They adjusted the coolant level and that was that. Go figure. It looked like it was leaking from the lower hose on the right side, as you look down where it attaches to the radiator. My thoughts are a new car should have a mystery leak that a DEALER can’t find. So now I sit here wondering wtf…..wondering if I now have an UNRELIABLE Subaru and if road tripping it is a bad idea as I don’t want to break down in the middle of nowhere AND w/o roadside service as I sat on hold with Subaru roadside for 40minutes and NEVER spoke to anyone….what a joke. I had AAA but didn’t need them. ANYONE else ever have a phantom leak of any sort or ever hear of anything like this? thanks for reading and any insight. |
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