Picked up an st165 over the weekend, drove it 4 hours home with no issue, ran absolutely flawless, no leaks. Well, next morning I drive an hour or so, get home and notice coolant is pouring from the heater core outlet as soon as I shut the car off. Decided to just bypass it to avoid messing with the heater core. Drove it for an hour or so again, runs perfect and holds temp just fine. As soon as I shut the car off coolant is leaking from the tstat housing. After that I just assumed the thermostat was what was originally bad, replaced it and drove for another hour checking every ten minutes to be certain it wasn't leaking, it was fine. Shut the car off after that long drive and another different hose burst as soon as I shut it off.
I'm new to 3sgtes and wondering if any of you have experienced this. As I said the car runs perfect, idles perfect, doesn't smoke, and pulls hard so I have a hard time believing it's the head gasket. Any ideas before I give it a compression test tomorrow?
I'm new to 3sgtes and wondering if any of you have experienced this. As I said the car runs perfect, idles perfect, doesn't smoke, and pulls hard so I have a hard time believing it's the head gasket. Any ideas before I give it a compression test tomorrow?