spiritof1976
New member
Hi all
I was driving my Punto along the motorway this morning and I noticed some steam intermittently coming out of the windscreen vents.
Also a funny smell when I turn on the heaters.
Possibly a small amount of coolant loss, although the overflow tank on the Punto is so deep down I often find it hard to measure whether there's any change in the coolant level.
No sign of any dampness in the footwells.
At present my first thoughts have been "heater core leak". That said, I did also notice that one of the times steam appeared is when I used the windscreen wash. Coincidence, or could the windscreen wash be getting into the air conditioning somehow?
I don't know if this is likely to be relevant or not, but I changed the radiator a week or two ago because it was corroded and leaking.
I was driving my Punto along the motorway this morning and I noticed some steam intermittently coming out of the windscreen vents.
Also a funny smell when I turn on the heaters.
Possibly a small amount of coolant loss, although the overflow tank on the Punto is so deep down I often find it hard to measure whether there's any change in the coolant level.
No sign of any dampness in the footwells.
At present my first thoughts have been "heater core leak". That said, I did also notice that one of the times steam appeared is when I used the windscreen wash. Coincidence, or could the windscreen wash be getting into the air conditioning somehow?
I don't know if this is likely to be relevant or not, but I changed the radiator a week or two ago because it was corroded and leaking.