I'll preface this by saying I've had the dreaded coolant leak for a bit now.
Anyway, I installed my downpipe and flashed the tune a couple days ago. Probably drove it 40 miles and everything was fine. Today I drove it to my parents' house which is about 25 miles away, and when I got off the highway I heard what sounded like a pop and like I ran over a bunch of branches in the road. From then on the car felt less responsive and I could feel more vibrations in the gas pedal and floor. It also sounded a bit louder, and I almost thought one of the connected came loose somewhere. I double and triple checked all the fittings though so I don't think it was that.
Once I drove it back home carefully, I popped the hood and saw coolant all over the place. It was splashed up on the hood, small pools in the crevices etc. There was still coolant in the overflow tank and I had no warnings or dash lights come on.
Any idea WTF happened? Why was it fine for 50+ miles before whatever happened, happened? Could it be that the tune just finally made the leak blow entirely? How would that affect the responsiveness of the car and overall feel though? I play on taking it to CBTuning as soon as they can get it in, but I'm just wondering what the hell could have happened.
Anyway, I installed my downpipe and flashed the tune a couple days ago. Probably drove it 40 miles and everything was fine. Today I drove it to my parents' house which is about 25 miles away, and when I got off the highway I heard what sounded like a pop and like I ran over a bunch of branches in the road. From then on the car felt less responsive and I could feel more vibrations in the gas pedal and floor. It also sounded a bit louder, and I almost thought one of the connected came loose somewhere. I double and triple checked all the fittings though so I don't think it was that.
Once I drove it back home carefully, I popped the hood and saw coolant all over the place. It was splashed up on the hood, small pools in the crevices etc. There was still coolant in the overflow tank and I had no warnings or dash lights come on.
Any idea WTF happened? Why was it fine for 50+ miles before whatever happened, happened? Could it be that the tune just finally made the leak blow entirely? How would that affect the responsiveness of the car and overall feel though? I play on taking it to CBTuning as soon as they can get it in, but I'm just wondering what the hell could have happened.