Water (?) trapped inside passenger door?
#11
bleed or not to bleed?..some posts say yes/no....i have added some more coolant and am now unsure of what to do ...id rather not bleed the line if i dont have to only because as i mentioned, i am by no means a wrench....now that i have added more coolant should i drive the truck for a bit and see what happens to the coolant level/temp gauge? im not just not sure what the next step is...thanks
#12
you really should bleed the system, go to our "write ups " section......easy but detailed thread on bleeding a D2 cooling system. IF you decide not to.......don't drive anywhere yet. You could start it up and let it idle and come up to temp with the heater on....if you have heat , thats a good sign but no guarantee that the system is bled completely.
there is a least a small chance that you have leak somewhere and that is the reason for your current situation.........if it leaks enough you can overheat the engine and cause major damage. take your time...you can do this !!
there is a least a small chance that you have leak somewhere and that is the reason for your current situation.........if it leaks enough you can overheat the engine and cause major damage. take your time...you can do this !!
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I noticed yesterday that whenever i accelerate or come to a quick stop I am hearing a liquid rushing (back/forth)from the right side of my 01' vehicle. I am assuming it is water and I am also assuming it is coming from the passenger door. The best I can do is lean over while i am driving and try to listen/pinpont the source of the noise. It sounds like quite a bit . Obviously i need to figure out where it is and how to get rid of it. Today is pretty cold here in MA and Im afraid of it freezing. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions. And yes, it did rain a few days ago. Thank you in advance.
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#15
ok- still confused as to what i should be doing. I have put more coolant in the reservoir since it was low. I drove it a bit and still am getting the 'water' rushing noise as i turn and/or accelarate. The heat works fine and my temp gauge is dead center. What does bleeding the coolant fluid do? Its not going to tell me where the leak is correct? Why wouldnt I just top off my coolant, drive for a few days keeping an eye on the temp gauge and then see if I have lost coolant to determine if there is a leak? Im not sure what bleeding does. Some have mentioned clogged A/C drains, but I am not sure how to check those. Help? Having said that, my coolant level was low which would lead me to think otherwise....I rely on this truck for work so im trying to resolve as quickly as possibly. Thanks
#16
Careful. We weren't talking about A/C drains. We were talking about *door rainwater drains*.
The reason you should bleed your cooling system is threefold:
Go find the sticky posting in the Discovery model section, which contains a link to a step by step explanation of how to deal with this (as it's been suggested that you do a couple of other times upthread), and see if that writer explained it to you better than we seem to be doing.
The reason you should bleed your cooling system is threefold:
- The air in the bubbles is the actual contributor to corrosion.
- The air bubbles can compress, keeping coolant away from places it's supposed to go, and
- One of those places might be the coolant temp sensor, which can have several bad effects -- it not only feeds the gauge, but the ECU.
Go find the sticky posting in the Discovery model section, which contains a link to a step by step explanation of how to deal with this (as it's been suggested that you do a couple of other times upthread), and see if that writer explained it to you better than we seem to be doing.
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#18
Here is what you need to do.
Drive your truck to a mechanic and have him do the work.
He needs to top off the cooling system and then check for leaks.
When there is air in the system your heater wont work as well and there will be parts of the engine that overheat because they are not being cooled.
The engine coolant removes heat from the engine thus keeping it cool, if it over heats it blows up, simple as that.
There is no way you can get water trapped inside a car door, there are 2 big drains in the bottom of every car door in the world.
The window seals are not water tight, if they were you could not roll your windows down.
So every time it rains that water has to go somewhere, runs down the window, past the window seal and out the bottom of the door.
Bleeding the cooling system lets all of the air out.
But you need to take it to a shop, today.
Drive your truck to a mechanic and have him do the work.
He needs to top off the cooling system and then check for leaks.
When there is air in the system your heater wont work as well and there will be parts of the engine that overheat because they are not being cooled.
The engine coolant removes heat from the engine thus keeping it cool, if it over heats it blows up, simple as that.
There is no way you can get water trapped inside a car door, there are 2 big drains in the bottom of every car door in the world.
The window seals are not water tight, if they were you could not roll your windows down.
So every time it rains that water has to go somewhere, runs down the window, past the window seal and out the bottom of the door.
Bleeding the cooling system lets all of the air out.
But you need to take it to a shop, today.
#19
There is no way you can get water trapped inside a car door, there are 2 big drains in the bottom of every car door in the world.
I admit, I haven't looked at my doors, but RAVE mentions only a "Water shedder" on the tail door, and doesn't even show that.
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