JLuna

Hi, guys in advance thanks for any help and advice you give me with these issues. I am new to the forum but have been reading and learning lots. I am a truck driver and only get home on the weekends. All these things happened over a weekend, was not good. This is my wifes car and is driven daily.She Revs before shut down every time, and she drives it high revs on and off and uses the tiptronic manual mode on and off. Car had been driving fine lots of power, no smoke, everything working and car is completely stock. We use only 93oct fuel(Shell or Chevron only) and at least once a week some type of fuel treatment.(Seafoam, Lucas etc.)

Car: 04 AT 84k-miles- coils and plug replaced within last 20k , oil changed every 3k and topped off in between 5w-20 Castro usually.

Problems:
1- She gets in car after work nothing works, no light no clicks, nothing completely dead. Get a friend to look at it finds out Batt terminal was loose, he tightens, car starts shes driving comes to a light car dies, car starts but only with gas pedal depressed and not WOT. Wont idle at all, turns over, starts and drives fine but will not hold idle. I tell her to park it till I get home.
So I get home change Batt terminals, and get Batt checked out Bad Batt, I get New Batt and car still wont hold idle. So I drive it 2 footed to get around holding the brake with left foot and giving it gas with right foot at lights and stops. just to get around for an hour or so, in my head ECU relearn.

Again car while driving had plenty of power no lights on dash on, oil pressure good coolant good.

Problem 2 with in 1 hour of leaving from getting new Batt, I stop and go into store less then 5min come out and there is about 2-3 gallons of coolant leaking from under the car from the front driver side. I only see it dripping from the corner of black guard shield that covers bottom of radiator. I call tow truck and get it towed to my house, haven't really touched it since didn't want it to ruin my entire weekend I only get to spend time with my wife and daughter 2 days a week if that.

Overall Summary: Car starts with gas depressed, drives and feels fine but wont hold idle at all just dies, and definitely a coolant leak or bad water pump.

I'm getting home this weekend and plan on working on it, any ideals suggestions and help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,

laythor

sounds like a couple of issues. Leak could be anything, hose, rad, etc.
car also sounds like it's in limp mode.. no cels?

yiksing

Problem 1 sounds like pcm haven't re-learn fuel trim due to loose battery. May take a few trips to solve that.

Problem 2, you gotta find where the leak is coming from

JLuna

thanks guys,
No cel light or anything on dash.
As soon as I get home this weekend I'm getting under there and finding coolant leak.

Grace_Excel

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Mine broke at the head of the inlet pipe connected directly from the reservoir tank, crumbled like soaked cardboard. I replaced the stock-plastic-half-an-inch-core made by "CALSONIC" with a thicker two and a half inch aluminum radiator last December, six months after I bought my car. It was at least 5 hours of labor when I removed/replaced the part. Also, on the side note, never use regular tap water to flush the coolant, always use distilled water. Tap water will create calcium build up and can cause corrosion/clogs in the water pump!

















Would you believe this, CALSONIC in a MAZDA? I thought they only made parts for NISSAN as I've seen it in 180SX/SILVIA's and SKYLINEs!