I hadn't driven #82 in a few weeks and because Florida blessed us with a nice cool evening I thought we won't get more evenings like this for a while so lets go for a drive. And go I did. After letting #82 warm to proper operating temps I enjoyed a nice drive. Living out in the country as I do affords me the opportunity to really let me stretch the cars legs. So sitting in top and being about two miles from home I dropped down two gears and pushed the fun pedal and got to about 120-125mph and left her there for about a mile maybe a wee bit more. I then dropped down two gears and took a quick right and then a sweeping left hander and thought that was bloody good fun. OOPS. The temp gauage was beginning to creep past my comfort zone and the cars too so I manually switched on the fans (which normally come on once the temp reaches a certain temp but didn't this time) and I could smell fuel.....thankfully I was only about a 1/2 mile from the house and so I pulled into the garage. I left the fans on and quickly opened up the rear hatch. I observed water coming from the overflow tank at the rear of the car and while walking around to the front of the car I noted a liquid coming from behind the passenger side front wheel. It was fuel. The rear puddle was water.
Is this a thermostat issue with the water and a tank vent problem for the fuel? Only the passenger side tank overflowed. The driver side was fine. This is the 2nd time I've had a problem with the pass. side tank.
Any ideas why this would happen? I'm not sure what the thermostat is rated at. I did not observe any water leaking from any other source other than that mentioned. I'm sure no serious damage was done to the engine or car but it did leave me more than a bit concerned.
Is this a thermostat issue with the water and a tank vent problem for the fuel? Only the passenger side tank overflowed. The driver side was fine. This is the 2nd time I've had a problem with the pass. side tank.
Any ideas why this would happen? I'm not sure what the thermostat is rated at. I did not observe any water leaking from any other source other than that mentioned. I'm sure no serious damage was done to the engine or car but it did leave me more than a bit concerned.