Mitsubishi Gods have no love for us

awd-drifter · 05-03-2010

Sent my brother to work. No harsh driving, just gentle driving. Came back home and got out of the car to get the mail and I see radiator fluid leading to the driveway. *sighs* Really didn't believe till I saw this. Thermometer gauge wasn't on "H" (thank goodness) but she'll be down for a while.

**goodhart** · 05-03-2010

Hopefully its just a leak.

Swifty1638 · 05-03-2010

water pump as well..

**LingLing** · 05-03-2010

Wow, 2010 has not been good us so far. Hopefully this losing streak ends.

Constant_Project21 · 05-03-2010

I'm not even gonna drive my car, can't break if it's already broken

**Halon** · 05-03-2010

Well see now this is just a broke mitsu, that has been normal for the last 20 years at least

Good luck with fixin her up!

GG_9_SE · 05-03-2010

Brandito93 · 05-03-2010

God damn, SAME EXACT thing just happened to mine yesterday, all we did was get a new thermometer and everything works fine now...thank goodness

**scheides** · 05-04-2010

Normal

Fix it up and keep going!

**goodhart** · 05-04-2010

You figure this out yet?

awd-drifter · 05-04-2010

Looked under the car MUCH more thoroughly and found out it was just a leaky water line. THANK GOODNESS. I'm currently in the search for a this specific piece of rubber hose though. Don't know which hose will be most reliable.

**LingLing** · 05-04-2010

You can get new hose from Ace or another hardware store. Just bring that sectiion with you for comparison. I think they sell it by the foot.

4g63tcrazy · 05-04-2010

If you have any power steering hose laying around you can use that. Or just take the piece out and bring it in to autozone and they'll find you a replacement. Your gonna have to drain the coolant also. Unless you get a hose to replace it and try and swap it quick without loosing too much. But trust me, it will try and spray you in the face any chance it gets..

MustGoFaster · 05-04-2010

At this point it would probably not be a bad idea to replace ALL the hoses that haven't been already. 18 years is a long time for rubber.

Kevin 1G Drummer · 05-04-2010

^^ +1, When your coolant hoses and lines are old, as soon as you replace one, another will blow. It's best to just do them all, that way you're not replacing another hose every week or two

awd-drifter · 05-04-2010

Well, I had to pull a Swifty and reuse my old broken hose and RTV the crap out of the old one and RTV the solid water lines. So far no leaks.

heheheh. Not.

Well, $20 bucks later, I fixed it and no more leaks!......for now. Bought new clamps and hose. Wind is strong tonight and dust is getting into my eyes. I'll definitely change the lower/upper radiator hoses and other lines pretty soon. Ahh...feels so good to drive my car now.

**LingLing** · 05-04-2010

Sweet! Glad it wasn't more severe than just a leaky hose.

**Halon** · 05-05-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustGoFaster

At this point it would probably not be a bad idea to replace ALL the hoses that haven't been already. 18 years is a long time for rubber.

I definately need to do this on my car someday. Just go through and replace them all. Probably less than $100, but should last another 20 years

turbotalon1g · 05-05-2010

WHAT!!!!
You mean a 18 yr old rubber hose can crack and leak? no wai

OMG the mitsu gods must hate us, why would they make 18 yr old rubber hoses break that see all kinds of shit from the road fly up??

On a shitty note for you all, my DSM made it home fine another cross country trip down, got 34mpg driving slow though. Damn mitsu gods thank you for letting me slide or could it be something else.

**Halon** · 05-05-2010

I think we are mistaking angry mitsu gods with angry evo gods. The DSM's are seemingly doing quite well (Tom doesn't count haha).