cockpit suddenly filled with steam

[Huw Powell]

1. The heater core let go.  You may be in for quite a few new cooling 
system components.

2.  Leaking brake fluid?  A car with a brake fluid leak is not safe to 
drive.  You need to find the leak(s) and repair.  Are you sure it's 
brake fluid and not something else you are topping up?

Year and model?

On 8/13/2012 8:37 PM, Bill Pirkle wrote:
> Scared the hell out of me.
>
> I noticed that the engine was running hot. Needle was about 3/4 over
> toward hot.
>
> Started back home and about 4 blocks from home the cockpit suddenly
> filled with steam. Seemed to be coming form the heating ducks. It only
> took a second and I couldn't even see the steering wheel.
>
> I finally got home and the reservoir was empty. That accounts for the
> hot engine.
>
> But where did the steam come from?
>
> I looked around but all the hoses seemed to be connected.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Also there is a dark spot on the driveway and I have to add brake fluid
> to the engine. Thus the break fluid is leaking. Any ideas where the leak
> probably is?
>
> Bill Pirkle   KE7JIA
> "When ideas fail, words come in handy"
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