So what damage did I do?
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Three Wheelin'
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So what damage did I do?
Car stalled at traffic lights. Got it started accelerated away and heard a bang. Looked in the mirror and saw smoke billowing from the right exhaust. Check coolant light came on. By now I was stopped and the car quickly switched off.
The cooland line has seperated at a connector on the right hand side of the engine bay. What I don't know is what damage may have been done to the engine....Car has 1500 miles only. Called Porsche and had the car towed to the dealer in Indianapolis.
My day was finally capped by the farcical goings on a the F1 Grand Prix...
So have I damaged my engine? And what caused the coolant line to seperate?
The cooland line has seperated at a connector on the right hand side of the engine bay. What I don't know is what damage may have been done to the engine....Car has 1500 miles only. Called Porsche and had the car towed to the dealer in Indianapolis.
My day was finally capped by the farcical goings on a the F1 Grand Prix...
So have I damaged my engine? And what caused the coolant line to seperate?
Pro
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I once went over a curb in a 996 leaving a car wash and broke my coolant line. Warning light went on and I immediately stopped the car and go towed. No engine damage. Given how quickly you shut down the engine, I doubt you did any real damage.
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Three Wheelin'
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Dealer in Indy called me to say that after checking the car over the only thing they could find was the blown coolant line, and no signs from checking the car's vitals that any damage had been done to the engine. That coolant line and offending c-clip have been fixed and will be checked once more tomorrow and the car shipped back to me sometime this week.
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Originally Posted by Le Chef
Dealer in Indy called me to say that after checking the car over the only thing they could find was the blown coolant line, and no signs from checking the car's vitals that any damage had been done to the engine. That coolant line and offending c-clip have been fixed and will be checked once more tomorrow and the car shipped back to me sometime this week.
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Originally Posted by Marv
Now he will be worried if there was permanent damage that no one can detect.
