cescar372

I have a 2005 Acura Tl... Yesterday I decided to take my car on a long road trip to visit family... It was about an hour drive to get there.. it was quite hot and humid.. but the car was running fine...However when I merged off the highway and stopped at a restaurant I smelled some type of sweet smell(kind of like syrup).. I popped the hood and there was a bunch of antifreeze all overy my engine bay and plastic components (looked like a small explosion). I checked the coolant level and of course there was nothing in the resevoir... We had a recently bought a new plastic coolant reservoir cap(like $6 online) because the other one was broken. Good thing there was an autozone right across where we were at and purchased some coolant... my prediction was that I probably left the cap slightly open.. but I'm really not sure... I searched up some other threads and others say their temp gauge was in the hot section...but mine was constantly right in the middle... Can someone please explain to me what might of had happened... New member to the acura fam.. Please and thank you.

thoiboi

How's your radiator

cescar372

I only did a visual inspection of my radiator... haven't pulled it out or anything... looks ok.. do u think I would have to pull it out?