So I think I might have blown some hoses off (hoping) yesterday. I was driving and all of a sudden all my power seemed to go out. Power steering, power brakes.
Inside there was antifreeze all over the back passenger side of the engine.


I was running the ac at the time and engine temp was fine. After pulling over and looking inside for a few minutes I started it back up and it ran seemingly fine. I did not turn in ac. Temp looked good and it made it the two miles to the hotel fine.

There is not a lot of fluid in the antifreeze reservoir but it isn't dry. A guy helping said he thought it was the ac line but I don't know how that would effect the car like that and cause antifreeze to spray.

Anyhow I am about 200 mountain pass miles from home and it's Sunday so looking for a little help

 

Pics are of where I think hoses are missing from, where the antifreeze is on, and on the underside there is some weird colored grease type goo, that I believe was there before the trip started but I thought it was just something I ran over

Edit: so it looks like my low side fill port blew off along with some actual metal tubing. Is this easily replaceable? Can I drive with it like this? Should I be looking elsewhere for issues? Finally what do you think it will cost me to get my ac back?

 

Wow it is for sure gone!!

Not sure just where any coolant may have come from.

Now that things have cooled down have you checked the coolant level in the radiator??

Your sure it was coolant ??

If one of the coolant hoses in the area of the heater valve left go it might be possible it sprayed in that direction.

Did you get the normal steam when coolant hits a hot engine??

Did the engine stall causing the loss of Power steering and Your Power brakes??

The blown AC line or a Coolant Hose would not have caused the loss of power brakes or steering

In any case to fix your Ac might be as simple as replace the line and recharge the system.

Then if the line failure was caused by massive over pressure the blockage in the system needs to be found.

Labor might get expensive!!

 

So it actually might not have been coolant. It was green. I think I might still have red coolant in there. I am low but there is still some in the overflow reservoir.

That grease on the bottom is from a blown CV joint. It is getting fixed now. Sucks to pay for something I can do. AC is going to be another matter.

Thanks for the reply

 

Maybe what you see that appears to be coolant, is really refrigerant oil that was expelled when the AC hose parted.

 

Sounds good. I just drove back up to the mountains and it went fine. Minus it being hot and noisy. Does anyone know what part I need and if I can fix this myself quickly or do I need to go to a shop to get the AC to work again.

Thanks

 

Unless you have professional AC service tools and experience using them,an AC shop will have to do the work.

You will need a new receiver/dryer and some o rings, as well as some oil and a refrigerant charge, at minimum. It looks as if the keeper failed, or was not present at the joint that parted.

The shop may well find other problems when they get into troubleshooting.

Might be fixed for $150-$200, or just as easy, might cost more than twice that much.

Good luck, and keep us informed!!

 

Don't mean to bring this back to life, but kinda forgot about this thread. On the river for about 20 days and had some issues.

The only thing wrong was that black clip that holds the pipes together broke. $5 dollar part and the to pay to do the AC.

This is all meaningless as the shuttle company I used totaled my 4runner. Right after I installed the new CV joint.

Thanks for the help and quick replies.