Pink Princess
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Hi everyone!
Just joined the forum, hope someone can offer some help..
I have a Pink 2010 reg 500C and on my usual commute to work today in traffic my console beeped at me to state the radiator temp was excessive and turn the engine off (basically overheating).
I pulled over and popped the bonnet, there was no steam but once it cooled down I opened the coolant cap to discover no coolant... (My fan had been on a lot lately but I thought it was just due to the warm weather). I've only owned the car a couple of weeks!
I limped it to a local supermarket and bought some coolant but it immediately poured out on the floor beneath the engine to the rear passenger side. Like a typical woman I called my husband to come and rescue me (he is an amateur mechanic) and he quickly found a coolant pipe which has become detached. It's a fairly small pipe which sits directly under what seems to be an ECU control module to the right-hand side of the engine as you look at it straight on. He didn't have time to look at it in any detail yet so we're unsure if it's broke or just popped off
Is this anything someone else has encountered? Has anyone got a diagram of the coolant pipe I'm describing I can look at or can anyone with a Haynes Manual take a snap of the coolant system for me so I can show my husband?
Need to get her fixed up ASAP
Thanks in advance
Rach x
Just joined the forum, hope someone can offer some help..
I have a Pink 2010 reg 500C and on my usual commute to work today in traffic my console beeped at me to state the radiator temp was excessive and turn the engine off (basically overheating).
I pulled over and popped the bonnet, there was no steam but once it cooled down I opened the coolant cap to discover no coolant... (My fan had been on a lot lately but I thought it was just due to the warm weather). I've only owned the car a couple of weeks!
I limped it to a local supermarket and bought some coolant but it immediately poured out on the floor beneath the engine to the rear passenger side. Like a typical woman I called my husband to come and rescue me (he is an amateur mechanic) and he quickly found a coolant pipe which has become detached. It's a fairly small pipe which sits directly under what seems to be an ECU control module to the right-hand side of the engine as you look at it straight on. He didn't have time to look at it in any detail yet so we're unsure if it's broke or just popped off
Is this anything someone else has encountered? Has anyone got a diagram of the coolant pipe I'm describing I can look at or can anyone with a Haynes Manual take a snap of the coolant system for me so I can show my husband?
Need to get her fixed up ASAP
Thanks in advance
Rach x