Alright, so around two weeks ago I was cleaning the car with my dad ahead of a local car show coming up the next day. So while under the hood, we notice the coolant tank shows that it's around half full. No worries right, we just fill it up and go on with our day. The next day after the meet and beating on it a little bit with some friends, I check the level again just to be safe. Empty. Just a few little collections of coolant at the bottom of the tank. At this point, something is obviously wrong, but the car has yet to overheat, and there is no real telling what's happening. (In retrospect, I could have been more observant considering what I thought was just condensation dripping from the bottom of the car was probably coolant) Fill it up once again, take it out for a short drive for school. Just from going to school, which is a 15 or so minute drive, it's already empty. No overheating though. Drive back home and decide to just leave it now. At this point, I've gone through almost a gallon of coolant thinking maybe some was still getting to the radiator. Eventually we find a small drip from what seems like a plastic piece hanging from under the car where it all seems to be collecting and dripping from slowly.
The plastic piece has been hanging a little bit like that for awhile now and had never had a problem with it before.
From how it looks, I'm thinking I might have broken a hose since the leak seems to be a bit away from both the coolant tank and radiator, so hopefully it won't be too expensive. Has this happened to anyone else in terms of a general coolant leak from a hose? Have an appointment the 15th and looking to prepare myself for both how much it might be and how much longer I'm gonna be without driving it. Thanks in advance.
The plastic piece has been hanging a little bit like that for awhile now and had never had a problem with it before.
From how it looks, I'm thinking I might have broken a hose since the leak seems to be a bit away from both the coolant tank and radiator, so hopefully it won't be too expensive. Has this happened to anyone else in terms of a general coolant leak from a hose? Have an appointment the 15th and looking to prepare myself for both how much it might be and how much longer I'm gonna be without driving it. Thanks in advance.