Seanz0rz
07-12-2010, 05:51 PM
posted this over at the 300M forums, but maybe someone here can help me out a bit.
this is alexus's 2000 300m, yesterday she came home and complained of a strong fuel smell outside of the car. i went to check it out and heard what kind of sounded like a evap canister purge, but very loud. i popped the hood and saw the coolant in the overflow tank was boiling, pushing steam through the small hole onto the upper strut mount. this continued for sometime, over 10 minutes for certain. Fuel could be smelled around the car on either side and at the front.
not quite sure what to do, i left it to cool overnight. this morning i checked the coolant level, and it is about halfway between min and max. i started the car and immediately smelled fuel again, quite strong. i couldnt not pinpoint a leak of any kind in the engine or under the car.
any ideas?
this is alexus's 2000 300m, yesterday she came home and complained of a strong fuel smell outside of the car. i went to check it out and heard what kind of sounded like a evap canister purge, but very loud. i popped the hood and saw the coolant in the overflow tank was boiling, pushing steam through the small hole onto the upper strut mount. this continued for sometime, over 10 minutes for certain. Fuel could be smelled around the car on either side and at the front.
not quite sure what to do, i left it to cool overnight. this morning i checked the coolant level, and it is about halfway between min and max. i started the car and immediately smelled fuel again, quite strong. i couldnt not pinpoint a leak of any kind in the engine or under the car.
any ideas?