She had been driving it for a bit, got to red light, engine temperature warning came on, she drove to her destination about 1/4 mile, parked the car for a bit and called to inform me.
I drove to her location with a gallon of rad fluid, just in case. There was a puddle of coolant, not large but it was from her car.
No hose leaks, apparently the reservoir cap has a pressure relief valve and that is were the puddle originated, as far as I could tell. The reservoir was just a bit low, I added a bout a quart.......the Escape's filler cap access is oddly un user friendly, you can't fill it without long bent or flexible funnel or removing the cowl fairing, needless to say I poured it in with a lot of waste as I laid the bottle on it's side.
Turned the A/C off, drove it the 5 minutes home with an eye on the temp gauge, pegged right in the middle the whole time, even after turning the A/C half way home.
Computer brain fart? Failing water pump? Fan glitch?
Anybody have an idea?
I drove to her location with a gallon of rad fluid, just in case. There was a puddle of coolant, not large but it was from her car.
No hose leaks, apparently the reservoir cap has a pressure relief valve and that is were the puddle originated, as far as I could tell. The reservoir was just a bit low, I added a bout a quart.......the Escape's filler cap access is oddly un user friendly, you can't fill it without long bent or flexible funnel or removing the cowl fairing, needless to say I poured it in with a lot of waste as I laid the bottle on it's side.
Turned the A/C off, drove it the 5 minutes home with an eye on the temp gauge, pegged right in the middle the whole time, even after turning the A/C half way home.
Computer brain fart? Failing water pump? Fan glitch?
Anybody have an idea?